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Webster 1913 Edition
Rob
Rob
,Noun.
[F.; cf. Sp.
rob
, It. rob
, robbo
, Pg. robe
, arrobe
, Ar. rubb
, robb
, Per. rub
.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
[Written also
rhob
, and rohob
.] Rob
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Robbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Robbing
.] 1.
To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
Who would
His few books, or his beads, or maple dish?
rob
a hermit of his weeds,His few books, or his beads, or maple dish?
Milton.
He that is
Let him not know it, and he’s not
robbed
, not wanting what is stolen,Let him not know it, and he’s not
robbed
at all. Shakespeare
To be executed for
robbing
a church. Shakespeare
2.
(Law)
To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
3.
To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud;
as, to
rob
one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs
the plants near it of sunlight.I never
robbed
the soldiers of their pay. Shakespeare
Rob
,Verb.
I.
To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
I am accursed to
rob
in that thief's company. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Rob
ROB
,Noun.
The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve.
ROB
, v.t.1.
In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.2.
To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.3.
To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.4.
To take away by oppression or by violence.Rob not the poor because he is poor. Prov. 22.
5.
To take from; to deprive. A large tree robs smaller plants near it of their nourishment.6.
In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.7.
To withhold what is due. Mal 3.Definition 2024
Rob
rob
rob
English
Verb
rob (third-person singular simple present robs, present participle robbing, simple past and past participle robbed)
- (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
- He robbed three banks before he was caught.
- (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
- The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
- (transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
- Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
- (intransitive, slang) To burgle.
- 2008, National Public Radio, All Things Considered, Sept 4, 2008
- Her house was robbed.
- 2008, National Public Radio, All Things Considered, Sept 4, 2008
- (intransitive) To commit robbery.
- (sports) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
- 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
- Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.
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Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to steal from, using violence
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to deprive of
to burgle
to commit robbery
Etymology 2
French; compare Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ) and also similar in Arabic.
Alternative forms
- rhob, rohob
Noun
rob (uncountable)
- The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
Anagrams
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.
Noun
rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- rubuescu
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“orphan, child slave or servant”).[1]. Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).
Noun
rob m
- (obsolete) slave, serf
- 1887, Josef Václav Sládek, “Z osudu rukou”, in Selské písně a české znělky, line 7:
-
Tak všichni jsme z lidí, vládce i rob.
- So we are all of people, both a ruler and a serf.
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Tak všichni jsme z lidí, vládce i rob.
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Declension
Declension of rob
Derived terms
Related terms
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
rob f
- genitive plural of roba
Etymology 3
Verb
rob
- second-person singular imperative of robit
See also
Anagrams
References
- ↑ "rab" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7335-393-3, page 576.
Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”).
Noun
rob m (plural robi, feminine equivalent roabă)
Declension
declension of rob
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From West Slavic dialects, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rôb/
Noun
rȍb m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏б)
Declension
Declension of rob
References
- “rob” in Hrvatski jezični portal