Heart-robbing

Heart-robbing
Heart-robbing Heart"-rob`bing (-r[o^]b`b[i^]ng), a. 1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. ``Heart-robbing gladness.'' --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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