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Webster 1913 Edition

Plagiary

Pla′gia-ry

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Verb.
I.
To commit plagiarism.

Pla′gia-ry

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Noun.
;
pl.
Plagiaries
(#)
.
[L.
plagiarius
a kidnaper, a literary thief, fr.
plagium
kidnaping; cf.
plaga
a net, perh. akin to E.
plait
: cf. F.
plagiaire
.]
1.
A manstealer; a kidnaper.
[Obs.]
2.
One who purloins another’s expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.
Dryden.
3.
Plagiarism; literary theft.
Milton.

Pla′gia-ry

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Adj.
1.
Kidnaping.
[Obs.]
E. Browne.
2.
Practicing plagiarism.
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plagiary

PLA'GIARY

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Noun.
[L. plagium, a kidnapping, probably from plagoe,nets, toils, that which is layed or spread, from the root of Eng. lay. The L. plaga, a stroke, is the same word differently applied, a laying on.]
1.
A thief in literature; one that purloins another's writings and offers them to the public as his own.
2.
The crime of literary theft. [Not used.]

PLA'GIARY

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Adj.
Stealing men; kidnapping. [Not used.]
1.
Practicing literary theft.

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