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Webster 1913 Edition


despoil

de-spoil′

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Noun.
Spoil.
[Obs.]
Wolsey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Despoil

DESPOIL

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Verb.
T.
[L. To spoil.]
1.
To strip; to take from by force; to rob; to deprive; followed by of; as, to despoil one of arms; to despoil of honors; to despoil of innocence.
2.
To strip or divest by any means.