'Spoilt' definitions:

Definition of 'spoilt'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" [syn: spoiled, spoilt]
adjective
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: bad, spoiled, spoilt]
adjective
Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts" [syn: blighted, spoilt]

Definition of 'Spoilt'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoil \Spoil\ (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled (spoild) or Spoilt (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier, OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.]
  • 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possessions. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." --Ex. iii. 22. [1913 Webster]
  • My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder. [1913 Webster]
  • No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man. --Mark iii. 27. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar. [1913 Webster]
  • Spiritual pride spoils many graces. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading. [1913 Webster]

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