Spoilt

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
              Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
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              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.
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     3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
        mar.
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              Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoil
       n 1: (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in
            war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
       2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
          spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: {spoiling}, {spoilage}]
       3: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: {spoliation},
           {spoilation}, {despoilation}, {despoilment}, {despoliation}]
       v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
            we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the
            difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: {botch},
             {bumble}, {fumble}, {botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub},
             {screw up}, {ball up}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix},
             {bollix up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle},
             {louse up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
       2: become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten
          before it spoils" [syn: {go bad}]
       3: alter from the original [syn: {corrupt}]
       4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
          the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
           {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle},
           {mollycoddle}, {indulge}]
       5: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
          ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
          September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: {thwart}, {queer},
           {scotch}, {foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {baffle}, {bilk}]
       6: have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is
          itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a
          fight" [syn: {itch}]
       7: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
          beautiful country" [syn: {rape}, {despoil}, {violate}, {plunder}]
       8: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar}, {impair},
           {deflower}, {vitiate}]
       [also: {spoilt}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoilt
       adj 1: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or
              oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" [syn: {spoiled}]
       2: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
          meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: {bad}, {spoiled}]
       3: affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or
          prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urtan districts"
          [syn: {blighted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoilt
       See {spoil}