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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

berob en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈɹɒb/

Etymology

From Middle English berobben; equivalent to be- + rob.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To rob; to plunder.
    • Ah dearest Lord! what evil starre On you hath frownd, and pourd his influence bad, That of your selfe ye thus berobbed arre 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

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berobbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
berobbed Tense=Past lexicographic
berobbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
berobs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic