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De*spoil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. dépouiller, 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.
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2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
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The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair.
Gower.
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A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. Macaulay.
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Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. Milton.

Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
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de*spoil", n. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.
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