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Vinony

stole

noun

  1. long narrow cloth band worn around the neck and falling from the shoulders as part of ecclesiastical dress
  2. a long loose garment (robe)
  3. a long wide scarf or similar covering worn usually across the shoulders
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /stəʊl/ / /stoʊl/

noun

Etymology: From Latin stolō. Doublet of stolon.

  1. A stolon.

verb

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

  1. simple past of steal

    “TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.”

  2. past participle of steal

    “[…]when indeed they have ſeen nothing, but have ſtole the word of the Lord from others, and borrowed from their neighbour[…]”

    “And glory pointed still the goal / THat fired his lay; / But now revolving time has stole / Those dreams away.”