v. [f. BE- 2 + ROB.] To rob.

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1340.  Ayenb., 39. Robberes … þet berobbeþ þe pilgrimes.

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c. 1515.  Barclay, Egloge, i. (1570), A ij/4. He hath small reason that hath a hood more fine And would for malice berob thee here of thine.

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1596.  Spenser, F. Q., I. viii. 42. That of your selfe ye thus berobbed arre.

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1855.  Singleton, Virgil, II. 82. After … Achilles him Berobbed of life.

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