3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: despoiled \despoiled\ adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence. Syn: pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: despoiled adj : having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside" [syn: {pillaged}, {raped}, {ravaged}, {sacked}]
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