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Webster 1913 Edition
Purloin
Pur-loin′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Purloined
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Purloining
.] [OF.
purloignier
, porloignier
, to retard, delay; pur
, por
, pour
, for (L. pro
) + loin
far, far off (L. longe
). See Prolong
, and cf. Eloign
.] To take or carry away for one’s self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
Had from his wakeful custody
The guarded gold.
purloined
The guarded gold.
Milton.
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes
purloin
? Dryden.
Pur-loin′
,Verb.
I.
To practice theft; to steal.
Titus ii. 10.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purloin
PURLOIN'
, v.t.1.
Literally, to take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft. Your butler purloins your liquor.
2.
To take by plagiarism; to steal from books or manuscripts.