despoil

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪˈspɔɪl/ Rhymes: -ɔɪl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English despoylen, dispoylen, from Old French despoillier ( > French dépouiller), from Latin dēspoliō, dēspoliāre. ==== Verb ==== despoil (third-person singular simple present despoils, present participle despoiling, simple past and past participle despoiled) (transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from. (transitive) To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob. (obsolete, transitive or reflexive) To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== despoliation spoliate spoliation ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English despoylle, dispoyll, from Old French despoille, despueille, deverbal from despoillier. ==== Noun ==== despoil (countable and uncountable, plural despoils) (obsolete) Plunder; spoliation. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “despoil”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “despoil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped, spoiled