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   Steal (stēl), v. t. [imp. Stole (stōl); p. p. Stolen (stōl'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Stealing.] [OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stjäla, Dan. stiaele, Goth. stilan.]
   1. To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, “to steal the personal goods of another”.
   
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   Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence
   
   Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense. Chaucer.
   
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   The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in alms. G. Eliot.
   
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   2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
   
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   They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission. Spenser.
   
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   He will steal himself into a man's favor. Shak.
   
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   3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
   
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   So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 2 Sam. xv. 6.
   
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   4. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
   
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   Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. I. Watts.
   
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   5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, “to steal a look”.
   
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   Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal it. Bacon.
   
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   To steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march upon one's political rivals.
   
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   She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy. Smollett.
   
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   Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over the sea. Walpole.
   
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   Syn. -- To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
   
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   Stolen (?), p. p. of Steal.
   
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