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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. 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.Despoil
De*spoil"\, n. Spoil. [Obs.] --Wolsey.
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despoil
1297, from O.Fr. despoillier, from L. despoliare, from de- "entirely" + spoliare "to strip of clothing, rob," from spolium "armor, booty" (see spoil).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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