purloin English · revision 1311

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pɜːˈlɔɪn/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|purloinen|t=to remove]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|xno|purloigner|t=to put off, remove]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''pur-'' “forth” (from Latin ''prō-'') and ''loing'' “far”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[la|longē]], from ''longus'' “long”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) Etymonline calls it essentially a doublet of [[prolong]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To remove, misappropriate or entice away (1348 in Barnhart, mid-14th century in Etymonline).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OED's earliest senses are “to put far away” and “to conceal”, both now obsolete.^(OED 1989) The sense “to steal”, especially in breach of trust, is an English development of the 1540s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1348 – to remove, misappropriate.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * about 1440 – to put far away, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1548 – to steal, especially in breach of trust.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1611 – to commit petty theft.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To steal, often in breach of trust; to [[pilfer]] or [[filch]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To commit theft.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[purloiner]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prolong]]

+ * [[long]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}