Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete preterit of steal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imperative Stole.

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Examples

  • Stalin, she says, got his name from the word stal, which means “steel,” because he was as strong as steel.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Stalin, she says, got his name from the word stal, which means “steel,” because he was as strong as steel.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Dzhugashvili selected the Russian word for ` steel, 'stal', as the root of his revolutionary name, the - in and - ov (- off, - ev) suffixes of Russian surnames being only surname indicators.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3 1993

  • To try to use sexism to stal an election is ridiculous.

    Clinton says she expects lead in popular vote, primary delegates 2008

  • Two of the officials turned toward the public address announcer and smiled supportively when he pronounced the center's last name correctly during introductions - it's KIK'-een-stal'-yun-sy-ems.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • M. stal sie moim Przyjacielem w nie wiem, ktorym momencie tak naprawde. tylko On tak rozsmiesza, tylko On tak pociesza, tylko On tak slucha.

    - pozytywnie 2008

  • Od stal nierdzewna ciało dowód krystaliczny tarcza, Replika replica Chanel hand bags właśnie przedrzeźniać the istny Rolex zegarek przy swój pełny.

    Learning from Katrina - The Austrian Economists 2007

  • Takmer preto, že Dawkins zavádza pojem, ktorý sa stal základom nášho informačného lexikón veku: meme.

    ideonexus.com »2007» July 2007

  • She said hospital administrators were appealing to nurses to maintain a skeleton stal patients.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • If she did, he might stal: t questioning why she had felt the need to lie and protect herself in the first place.

    So Close And No Closer Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1989

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