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Webster 1913 Edition

Obreption

Ob-rep′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

obreptio

, fr.

obrepere

,

obreptum

, to creep up to;

ob

(see

) +

repere

to creep.]

1.

The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.

[Obs.]

Cudworth.

2.

(Scots Law)

The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.

Bell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obreption

OBREP'TION

,

Noun.

[L. obrepo; ob and repo, to creep.]

The act of creeping on with secrecy or by surprise.