'Despoil' definitions:
Definition of 'despoil'
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Definition of 'Despoil'
From: GCIDE
- Despoil \De*spoil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. d['e]pouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.]
- 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. [1913 Webster]
- The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. --Milton.
- Syn: To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'despoil'
From: GCIDE
- despoil \de*spoil"\, n. Spoil. [Obs.] --Wolsey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'despoil'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- adulterate,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- alloy,
- befoul,
- betray,
- bewitch,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- blight,
- bring to ruin,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- condemn,
- confound,
- consume,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- crucify,
- curse,
- damage,
- damn,
- deal destruction,
- debase,
- debauch,
- deceive,
- decimate,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- denude,
- deplume,
- deprave,
- depredate,
- desecrate,
- desolate,
- destroy,
- devalue,
- devastate,
- devour,
- disadvantage,
- displume,
- disserve,
- dissolve,
- distort,
- distress,
- divest,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- drain,
- dry,
- engorge,
- envenom,
- exhaust,
- flay,
- fleece,
- forage,
- foray,
- force,
- freeboot,
- get into trouble,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- harass,
- harm,
- havoc,
- hex,
- hurt,
- impair,
- impoverish,
- incinerate,
- infect,
- injure,
- jinx,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- lead astray,
- loot,
- maltreat,
- maraud,
- menace,
- milk,
- mislead,
- mistreat,
- misuse,
- molest,
- outrage,
- persecute,
- pervert,
- pick clean,
- pillage,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- pluck,
- plunder,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- prey on,
- prostitute,
- raid,
- ransack,
- rape,
- ravage,
- raven,
- ravish,
- reive,
- rifle,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- sack,
- savage,
- scathe,
- seduce,
- shear,
- shipwreck,
- skin,
- soil,
- spoil,
- spoliate,
- strip,
- strip bare,
- suck dry,
- sully,
- swallow up,
- sweep,
- taint,
- threaten,
- throw into disorder,
- torment,
- torture,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- waste,
- wound,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreak havoc on,
- wreck,
- wrong