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t. & i. [O. French robber, rober. The original sense was to despoil the slain in battle, to strip, to disrobe, from O. Fr. rob be, robe a robe; so Eng. reave ( bereave ) is formed in a similar manner, from A. S. reaf clothing; O. Sp. robir; Sp. robar; O. H. Ger.roubón, roupón; German rauben; Dut. roven.] A. Transitive : 1. To deprive, strip, or plunder of anything by unlawful force or violence, or by secret theft; to strip or deprive of anything by stealing; to deprive unlawfully. "Thei robbiden hym and woundiden hym and wenten awey." - Wycliffe : Luke x. 30. 2. To plunder, to pillage; to steal anything from. "Like a thief to come to rob my grounds." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II ., iv. 10. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. 3. To deprive, to strip. *4. To steal. "To rob love from any." Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , i. 3. B. In trans.: To steal, to plunder, to pillage. *rob-altar, s. A sacrilegious plunderer. rob-and, rõb'-bin, s . (For rope - band .] Naut .: A piece of plaited rope, called sennit, used for fastening the head-rope of a sail to the jack stay; a rope-band. Rob-ben Is-land (s silent.) [See def.] 3482