| Stab (stab) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Stab |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Stabbed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr.
stave, staff, a staff, rod] akin to G. stab a
staff, stick, E. staff |
To pierce
with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed
instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust;
as, to stab a dagger into a person.
Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious
falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's
reputation.
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To
give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a
pointed weapon.
To wound or pain, as if with a pointed
weapon.
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The
thrust of a pointed weapon.
A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to
fall by the stab an assassin.
Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or
suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
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