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Webster 1913 Edition
Step-
Step-
.[AS.
steóp-
; akin to OFries. stiap-
, stiep-
, D. & G. stief-
, OHG. stiuf-
, Icel. stj[GREEK]p-
, Sw. styf-
, and to AS. āstēpan
, āsteópan
, to deprive, bereave, as children of their parents, OHG. stiufen
.] A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent;
as, a
. See step
mother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of XStepchild
, Stepdaughter
, Stepson
, etc.