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Despoil
Pronunciation : De*spoil"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OF. despoiller, F. d?pouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.]
Definition : 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair. Gower. A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. Macaulay. Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. Milton.
Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : De*spoil"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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