despoil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: despoil	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for despoil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despoil v steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Synonym(s): plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" Synonym(s): rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Despoil \De*spoil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despoiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despoiling}.] [OF. despoiller, F. d[82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Despoil \De*spoil"\, n. Spoil. [Obs.] --Wolsey.