stole

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstoʊl/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stole

1. simple past of steal
   • 2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:

     TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.

2. (now colloquial or archaic) past participle of steal
   • 1654, John Webſter, The Judgement Set, and the Bookes Opened, and All Religion brought to Triall […] ‎^[1], page 149:

     […] when indeed they have ſeen nothing, but have ſtole the word of the Lord from others, and borrowed from their neighbour […]

   • 1834, Alexander Smart, Rambling Rhymes‎^[2], page 151:

     And glory pointed still the goal / THat fired his lay; / But now revolving time has stole / Those dreams away.

   • 2014 November 19, Domino Finn, The Blood of Brothers (Sycamore Moon; 2)‎^[3], Blood & Treasure, page 146:

     […] He must have stole my gear after he ran off, licking his wounds." Clint spoke loudly and proudly and drew some applause.

From Old English stole, from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ, “stole, garment, equipment”); akin to stall. Doublet of stola.

stole (plural stoles)

2. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress.
   • 1994-1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98, Multimedia Edition

     Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole, the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdictionin the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter X, in Capricornia‎^[4], page 167:

     With sou'-wester under arm, and oilskin open so that God might see the stole and know that there was no deception, he chanted from a prayer-book in a tone exactly like that of a blackfellow devil-dovvening: […]

3. A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.

• stoal, stoale, stolle

From Latin stolō. Doublet of stolon.

stole (plural stoles)

2. (botany) A stolon.

• “stole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stole”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• TESOL, lotes, telos, toles

• IPA^(key): [ˈstolɛ]
• Rhymes: -olɛ
• Hyphenation: sto‧le

stole

1. vocative/locative singular of stůl

• (locative): stolu

• letos
• Stelo
• Teslo

• IPA^(key): /stoːlə/, [ˈsd̥oːlə]

stole c

1. indefinite plural of stol

stole (imperative stol, infinitive at stole, present tense stoler, past tense stolede, perfect tense har stolet)

1. Only used with på: see stole på.

stole f

1. plural of stola

• lesto, solte, stelo, tolse

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔlɛ/, [ˈstɔlə]

stole

1. locative singular of stoł

From the noun stol.

stole (imperative stol, present tense stoler, passive stoles, simple past stolte, past participle stolt, present participle stolende)

1. to trust (på / in)
2. to rely (på / on, upon)

• “stole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From stol (“chair”).

• stola (a infinitive)

stole (present tense stolar/stoler, past tense stola/stolte, past participle stola/stolt, passive infinitive stolast, present participle stolande, imperative stole/stol)

1. to trust (på / in)
2. to rely (på / on, upon)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stole

1. past participle of stela

• “stole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoː.le/

stōle

1. dative singular of stōl

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
• Syllabification: sto‧le
• Homophone: stolę

stole m

1. locative/vocative singular of stół