ROB, noun The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve. ROB, verb transitive 1. In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road. 2. To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail. 3. To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise. 4. To take away by oppression or by violence. ROB not the poor because he is poor. Proverbs 22:22. 5. To take from; to deprive. A large tree robs smaller plants near it of their nourishment. 6. In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner. 7. To withhold what is due. Malachi 3:8.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI