purloin
51steal — I. v. a. 1. Purloin, pilfer, filch, poach, peculate, embezzle, swindle, make off with, come unlawfully by. 2. Allure, win, gain, draw over. 3. Convey secretly. 4. Take secretly, accomplish secretly. II. v. n. 1. Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise… …
52long — [OE] Long goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *langgaz, which also produced German, Dutch, and Danish lang and Swedish lång. It is presumably related to Latin longus ‘long’ (source of French long, Italian lungo, and Romanian lung) but quite how… …
53pro|long´ment — pro|long «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton) …
54pro|long´er — pro|long «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton) …
55pro|long´a|ble — pro|long «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton) …
56pro|long — «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton).… …
57pur- — prefix = PRO (1) (purchase; pursue). Etymology: AF f. OF por , pur , pour f. L por , pro * * * prefix equivalent to pro I (as in purloin, pursue) Origin: from Anglo Norman French, from Latin por …
58Abstract — Ab*stract , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abstracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abstracting}.] [See {Abstract}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. [1913 Webster] He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his… …
59Abstracted — Abstract Ab*stract , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abstracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abstracting}.] [See {Abstract}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. [1913 Webster] He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted… …
60Abstracting — Abstract Ab*stract , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abstracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abstracting}.] [See {Abstract}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. [1913 Webster] He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted… …
