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Definition of Surreptitious
Surreptitious Surreptitious Sur`rep*ti"tious, a. [L. surreptitius, or
subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to
withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See Sub-,
and Ravish.]
Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or
introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a
surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious
removal of goods. -- Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.