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forstealing

forstealing is the present participle and gerund of forsteal.

Meaning of forsteal

Verb

forsteal (third-person singular simple present forsteals, present participle forstealing, simple past forstole, past participle forstolen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To steal away, rob, deprive.
    • Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow

Questions about forstealing

What is forstealing the present participle and gerund of?
Forstealing is the present participle and gerund of forsteal.

Words near forstealing in the dictionary

  1. forstaw
  2. forstawed
  3. forstawing
  4. forstaws
  5. forsteal
  6. forstealing
  7. forsteals
  8. Forster
  9. Forster's tern
  10. Forster's terns
  11. Forsterian

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