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from The Century Dictionary.
- Snatched away.
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But it is believed that she quitted or was taken from her profession -- was "erept the stage," to employ old Downes's phrase -- at an earlier date.
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
biocon commented on the word erept
Erept (transitive verb) means "to snatch away, carry off http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/63955?rskey=IdJNyS&result=3&isAdvanced=false#'>http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/63955?rskey=IdJNyS&result=3&isAdvanced=false# (Oxford English Dictionary).
June 22, 2011