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(1):

(v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

(2):

(n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.

(3):

(v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.

(4):

(n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

(5):

(v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

(6):

(v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

(7):

(n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stab'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stab.html. 1828.
 
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