'Despoiled' definitions:
Definition of 'despoiled'
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Definition of 'Despoiled'
From: 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]
Definition of 'despoiled'
From: GCIDE
- despoiled \despoiled\ adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
- Syn: pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked. [WordNet 1.5]