despoilv.

/dɪˈspɔɪl/

Forms: Middle English despuile(n, Middle English–1600s despoile, despoyle, 1500s–1600s despoyl, 1500s– despoil; also Middle English despoyly, dispoyly, dispuile, dispuyle, Middle English dyspoyle, Middle English–1600s dispoile, dispoyle, Middle English despoille, dispoille, dyspoille, dyspoylle, dispole, disspoylle, 1500s–1600s dispoil; ScottishMiddle English dispulȝe, dispuilȝe.

Etymology: Middle English despuilen , -spoile-n , < Old French despuillier, -oillier, -oiller (modern French dépouiller ) = Provençal despolhar , Catalan despullar , Spanish despojar , Italian dispogliare < Latin dēspoliāre to plunder, rob, despoil, < de- prefix 1c + spoliāre to strip of clothing, rob, spoil. Formerly spelt dis- by confusion with words in des- < dis- prefix prefix.

1. transitive. To strip of possessions by violence; to plunder, rob, spoil n.:

a. a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)]

reaveOE

stripa1225

pill?c1225

robc1225

peela1250

despoil1297

raimc1300

spoilc1330

spoila1340

to pull a finch (also pigeon, plover, etc.)c1387

despoil1393

preya1400

spoila1400

spulyiea1400

unspoila1400

riflec1400

poll1490

to pill and poll1528

to poll and pill1528

exspoila1530

pilyie1539

devour?1542

plume1571

rive1572

bepill1574

fleece1575

to prey over1576

pread1577

disvaledge1598

despoliate1607

to make spoil of1613

expilate1624

to peel and poll1641

depredate1651

violatea1657

disvalise1672

to pick feathers off (a person)1677

to make stroy of1682

spoliate1699

pilfer1714

snabble1725

rump1815

vampire1832

sweat1847

ploat1855

vampirize1888

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 212 Þe oþere after vaste, And slowe & despoylede, and to grounde hem caste.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 Þe uerste [zenne] is couaytise uor to wynne and uor to dispoyly his uelaȝe.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiv. 58 Robbours and reuers þat riche men dispoilen.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. iv The euylle hongry peple which..robben and despoillen the poure folke.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 153/2 The Ebrues well dispoile the Egypcyens.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 176 We are not yet So utterly despoil'd but we can spread The friendly board.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 36 To despoil those whom the Conqueror himself had spared.

b. a place; also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)]

reaveOE

stripa1225

pill?c1225

robc1225

peela1250

despoil1297

raimc1300

spoilc1330

spoila1340

to pull a finch (also pigeon, plover, etc.)c1387

despoil1393

preya1400

spoila1400

spulyiea1400

unspoila1400

riflec1400

poll1490

to pill and poll1528

to poll and pill1528

exspoila1530

pilyie1539

devour?1542

plume1571

rive1572

bepill1574

fleece1575

to prey over1576

pread1577

disvaledge1598

despoliate1607

to make spoil of1613

expilate1624

to peel and poll1641

depredate1651

violatea1657

disvalise1672

to pick feathers off (a person)1677

to make stroy of1682

spoliate1699

pilfer1714

snabble1725

rump1815

vampire1832

sweat1847

ploat1855

vampirize1888

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 371 Despuiled is the somer fare.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) x. 114 Oure Lord descended to Helle & despoyled it.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 502 Qwhen the feld..Wes dispulȝeit, and left all bair.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fij Enuie..Despoil's his name and robs him of his merits.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 The coach..despoiled by highwaymen.

1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. ii. 262 Though guilty in general of waste if he despoils the freehold.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xxii. viii. 215 Wolsey had set the fashion of despoiling and suppressing convents.

2. To strip or deprive (a person, etc.) violently of (some possession); to rob:

a. of arms, clothes, or something material; also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > deprive forcibly

reaveOE

reavec1230

despoilc1300

ravishc1384

violatea1657

wrench1786

c1300 K. Alis. 4028 That he a knyght of Grece slowgh, And dispoyled him of his armes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋591 He was despoyled of al that he hadde in this lyf, and that nas but his clothis.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1396 Bot than he was dispuilȝeid off his weid.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. li. 244 An others hands Of these her plants the wood dispoilen shall.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 309 Theeues..dispoiling him of his apparell.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxi. §1. 528 Athalia being thus dispoiled of her Sonne.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. vii. 179 The Swedes, being..despoiled of the Isle of Usedon.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 234 These formed Stones being by this Means despoiled of their Shells.

1775 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 12 May You talked of despoiling his book of the fine print.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 440 The cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 132 He could not despoil The slain man of his armor.

b. of things immaterial; also figurative.

ΚΠ

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 We bene in peess, of þe whilk þou will now dispoile vs.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 212 b We do not despoyle will of her libertye.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 10 Despoyled of your Honor.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 411 Despoild of Innocence, of Faith, of Bliss.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iii. 30 They..despoiled thy head Of separate honor.

†3. spec. To strip of clothes, to disrobe:

a. originally as an act of violence, spoliation, or robbery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > violently

despoilc1230

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 133 For steort naket he wes despuilet o þe rode.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3031 To Gy tok he þat cors: ‘Dispoille þis body’, þan gan he saye ‘& arme þe on ys wede’.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eij^v/1 Take these frensshe men and despoyle them.

†b. without the notion of spoliation: To undress; to strip of armour, vestments, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > divest of armour

despoilc1386

unarmc1386

undighta1400

disarma1450

dismail1485

unharnessa1500

devest1582

unbelt1815

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person

to dight nakedc1200

stripa1225

unclothec1300

nakea1350

despoilc1386

spoilc1386

spoila1400

uncleada1400

undighta1400

unarray14..

disarrayc1425

disattire?1473

unray1485

uncover1530

tirr1553

disclothe1570

disvesture1570

uncoat1571

uncase1576

unapparel1577

disrobe1590

unrig1591

unbusk1596

unstrip1596

untire1597

devest1598

unparel1603

unshale1604

unvest1609

disapparel1610

flaya1616

undress1615

disinvest1619

disvest1627

despoil1632

blanch1675

unpack1765

ungarment1805

peel1820

divest1848

divesture1854

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 318 He had That wommen schuld despoilen hir right there.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 860 Þer he watȝ dispoyled, wyth specheȝ of myerþe, Þe burn of his bruny & of his bryȝt wedeȝ.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxv. 463 Thei made dispoile the quene to go to hir bedde.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxlv. [ccxli.] 753 Before the aulter ther he was dispoyled out of all his vestures of estate.

a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 25 Despoyled for the game.

1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) iv. ii. 142 We..Dispoyled streight his brest, and all we might, Wyped in vaine, with napkyns next at hande.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 75 The Surgeons soon despoil'd 'em of their Arms, And some with Salves they cure, and some with Charms.

†c. reflexive. To disrobe or undress oneself, put off one's clothes. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)]

stripa1225

spoila1382

unclothea1382

despoil1388

spoila1395

undighta1400

uncase1576

disrobe1581

unreadya1586

untire1597

devest1598

discasea1616

undressa1616

disvest1627

doff1697

tirr1787

unray1825

divest1848

undrape1869

unrind1872

shuck1897

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. xviii. 4 Jonathas dispuylide him silf fro the coote.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xii Pryuely she dispoylled her & leid her doune by hym.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 142 Dispoylle you & entre in to this bath.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 85 b/1 He dyspoylled and unclad hym and gaf hys clothys unto the bochyers.

†d. To take off (clothes). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing

to do offeOE

to lay downc1275

to weve offc1290

stripc1320

doffa1375

loose1382

ofdrawa1393

casta1400

to take offa1400

warpa1400

to cast offc1400

to catch offc1400

waivec1400

voidc1407

to put off?a1425

to wap offc1440

to lay from, offc1480

despoil1483

to pull offc1500

slip1535

devest1566

to shift off1567

daff1609

discuss1640

to lay off1699

strip1762

douse1780

shuffle1837

derobe1841

shed1858

skin1861

peel1888

pull1888

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 62 b/1 Moyses toke Aaron upon the hylle & despoylled of his vesture.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 2 b The lord commaunded to despoylle and take of his clothes.

†e. with double object: To strip (a person) of (clothes). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person

to dight nakedc1200

stripa1225

unclothec1300

nakea1350

despoilc1386

spoilc1386

spoila1400

uncleada1400

undighta1400

unarray14..

disarrayc1425

disattire?1473

unray1485

uncover1530

tirr1553

disclothe1570

disvesture1570

uncoat1571

uncase1576

unapparel1577

disrobe1590

unrig1591

unbusk1596

unstrip1596

untire1597

devest1598

unparel1603

unshale1604

unvest1609

disapparel1610

flaya1616

undress1615

disinvest1619

disvest1627

despoil1632

blanch1675

unpack1765

ungarment1805

peel1820

divest1848

divesture1854

1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 1 When the play is ended..they are dispoyled the gawdy garments of the personage represented.

†4. To strip of worth, value, or use; to render useless, mar, destroy; to spoil v.¹ Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)]

mareOE

shendOE

hinderc1000

amarOE

awemc1275

noyc1300

touchc1300

bleche1340

blemisha1375

spill1377

misdoa1387

grieve1390

damagea1400

despoil?a1400

matea1400

snapea1400

mankc1400

overthrowa1425

tamec1430

undermine1430

blunder1440

depaira1460

adommage?1473

endamage1477

prejudicec1487

fulyie1488

martyra1500

dyscrase?1504

corrupt1526

mangle1534

danger1538

destroy1542

spoil1563

ruinate1564

ruin1567

wrake1570

injury1579

bane1587

massacre1589

ravish1594

wrong1595

rifle1604

tainta1616

mutilea1618

to do violence toa1625

flaw1665

stun1676

quail1682

maul1694

moil1698

damnify1712

margullie1721

maul1782

buga1790

mux1806

queer1818

batter1840

puckeroo1840

rim-rack1841

pretty1868

garbage1899

savage1899

to do in1905

strafe1915

mash1924

blow1943

nuke1967

mung1969

?a1400 Morte Arth. 4127 Paynymes..With speres disspetousely disspoylles our knyghttes.

c1539 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 235 A action of trespas against..Robart Oliver for dispoyling my gras.

1685 [see despoiled adj. at Derivatives].

†5.

a. To make a spoil of (goods, etc.); to carry off by violence, rob, plunder. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)] > make a spoil of (something)

stripc1200

spoilc1380

riflec1391

pilla1393

spoila1400

bezzlec1430

peelc1450

despoil1483

spulyie1488

strip1594

prey1596

pillage1600

plunder1643

scoff1893

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B iij To dyspoyle and rauisshe hys neyghbours goodes.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Dispoyle, take away by violence or rob.

†b. To remove forcibly, take away. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly

reaveOE

bereavec1320

atreachc1325

ravisha1398

reach?a1400

to catch awayc1400

rendc1450

ravena1513

pull1530

despoila1533

snatch1597

reap1634

extort1785

to pounce away1821

erept1865

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. K.ij It is necessary to dispoyle the opilacions and leattes of the stomake.

Derivatives

deˈspoiled adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled

spoiledc1440

ravisheda1500

pilled?1518

polled1538

rifled1563

despoiled1576

pillaged1629

plundered1639

fleeceda1800

spoliated1815

spulyied1838

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 131 A poore, priuate, and despoyled person.

1685 Mr. Travestin Acct. Proc. against Turks 43 The besieged..again put in order the late dispoiled Battery.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 130 Despoiled proprietors.

deˈspoiling adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]

ravenousc1425

rapinous1484

polling1526

spoiling1565

predatory1589

pilling1590

spoilful1590

plundering1641

vulturian1659

predatitious1660

pillagingc1670

vulturine1721

predal1737

depredatory1771

spoliatory1790

predatorial1791

plunderous1797

spoliating1840

accipitral1842

despoiling1859

spoliative1875

predative1920

prehensile1927

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 17 The despoiling hands of the first reformers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	despoil
释义	despoiln. /dɪˈspɔɪl/ Etymology: Middle English < Old French despoille , -pueille (= Provençal despuelha ), verbal noun < despoillier : see despoil v. 1. The action of despoiling; plundering, robbery. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] purchasec1325 ridding1347 riflinga1350 despoilingc1374 preya1375 spoilingc1380 pillagea1393 shavaldrya1400 destrition14.. pillingc1400 pillery1433 spulyieingc1440 rapinea1450 spoliationc1460 depopulation1462 spulyie1464 depredation1483 despoil1483 predationa1500 pilferya1513 pollinga1513 spoil1532 pilling and pollinga1535 pilfering1548 expilation1563 rapt1584 escheat1587 fleecing1593 spoilage1597 depilation1611 manubiary1616 pillaging1629 plundering1632 exspoliation1634 peeling1641 despoliation1658 plunder1661 plunderage1700 spoliage1806 despoilment1822 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 24 b/2 Stronge in his despoylle..wel armed in the batayll. a1530 T. Wolsey Let. to Henry VIII in Athenæum (1840) 12 Sept. My houses be,—by the over~sight, dispoil, and euill behaviour of such as I did trust,—in ruyn and decaye. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 59 Thou hast had my despoyle. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 112 'Tis done;—despoil and desolation O'er Rylstone's fair domain have blown. †2. concrete. Plunder, booty, spoil n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder reifOE fang1016 fengc1175 purchasec1325 predec1330 robberyc1330 robbingsc1330 spoila1340 spoila1382 chevisance1393 waitha1400 fee14.. pilferc1400 pelfa1425 spreathc1425 butinc1450 emprisec1450 gain1473 despoil1474 pelfry?a1475 pilfery1489 spulyie1507 cheat1566 bootinga1572 booty1574 escheat1587 boot1598 exuvial1632 bootyn1635 polling1675 expilation1715 prog1727 swag1794 filch1798 spreaghery1814 stake1819 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 50 So shold the dispoyll and botye be comune vnto them. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 296 Euery man laden and charged with despoylles. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Despoyle, spolium, tropheum. 1619 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Αρχαιο-πλουτος i. xvi. 55/1 Hercules depicted..couered with the despoyle of a Lyon. 3. (See quot. 1552.) ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Despoyle, or place where mischiefe or robberye is done, dispoliabulum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). despoilv. /dɪˈspɔɪl/ Forms: Middle English despuile(n, Middle English–1600s despoile, despoyle, 1500s–1600s despoyl, 1500s– despoil; also Middle English despoyly, dispoyly, dispuile, dispuyle, Middle English dyspoyle, Middle English–1600s dispoile, dispoyle, Middle English despoille, dispoille, dyspoille, dyspoylle, dispole, disspoylle, 1500s–1600s dispoil; ScottishMiddle English dispulȝe, dispuilȝe. Etymology: Middle English despuilen , -spoile-n , < Old French despuillier, -oillier, -oiller (modern French dépouiller ) = Provençal despolhar , Catalan despullar , Spanish despojar , Italian dispogliare < Latin dēspoliāre to plunder, rob, despoil, < de- prefix 1c + spoliāre to strip of clothing, rob, spoil. Formerly spelt dis- by confusion with words in des- < dis- prefix prefix. 1. transitive. To strip of possessions by violence; to plunder, rob, spoil n.: a. a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)] reaveOE stripa1225 pill?c1225 robc1225 peela1250 despoil1297 raimc1300 spoilc1330 spoila1340 to pull a finch (also pigeon, plover, etc.)c1387 despoil1393 preya1400 spoila1400 spulyiea1400 unspoila1400 riflec1400 poll1490 to pill and poll1528 to poll and pill1528 exspoila1530 pilyie1539 devour?1542 plume1571 rive1572 bepill1574 fleece1575 to prey over1576 pread1577 disvaledge1598 despoliate1607 to make spoil of1613 expilate1624 to peel and poll1641 depredate1651 violatea1657 disvalise1672 to pick feathers off (a person)1677 to make stroy of1682 spoliate1699 pilfer1714 snabble1725 rump1815 vampire1832 sweat1847 ploat1855 vampirize1888 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 212 Þe oþere after vaste, And slowe & despoylede, and to grounde hem caste. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 Þe uerste [zenne] is couaytise uor to wynne and uor to dispoyly his uelaȝe. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiv. 58 Robbours and reuers þat riche men dispoilen. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. iv The euylle hongry peple which..robben and despoillen the poure folke. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 153/2 The Ebrues well dispoile the Egypcyens. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 176 We are not yet So utterly despoil'd but we can spread The friendly board. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 36 To despoil those whom the Conqueror himself had spared. b. a place; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)] reaveOE stripa1225 pill?c1225 robc1225 peela1250 despoil1297 raimc1300 spoilc1330 spoila1340 to pull a finch (also pigeon, plover, etc.)c1387 despoil1393 preya1400 spoila1400 spulyiea1400 unspoila1400 riflec1400 poll1490 to pill and poll1528 to poll and pill1528 exspoila1530 pilyie1539 devour?1542 plume1571 rive1572 bepill1574 fleece1575 to prey over1576 pread1577 disvaledge1598 despoliate1607 to make spoil of1613 expilate1624 to peel and poll1641 depredate1651 violatea1657 disvalise1672 to pick feathers off (a person)1677 to make stroy of1682 spoliate1699 pilfer1714 snabble1725 rump1815 vampire1832 sweat1847 ploat1855 vampirize1888 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 371 Despuiled is the somer fare. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) x. 114 Oure Lord descended to Helle & despoyled it. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 502 Qwhen the feld..Wes dispulȝeit, and left all bair. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fij Enuie..Despoil's his name and robs him of his merits. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 The coach..despoiled by highwaymen. 1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. ii. 262 Though guilty in general of waste if he despoils the freehold. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xxii. viii. 215 Wolsey had set the fashion of despoiling and suppressing convents. 2. To strip or deprive (a person, etc.) violently of (some possession); to rob: a. of arms, clothes, or something material; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > deprive forcibly reaveOE reavec1230 despoilc1300 ravishc1384 violatea1657 wrench1786 c1300 K. Alis. 4028 That he a knyght of Grece slowgh, And dispoyled him of his armes. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋591 He was despoyled of al that he hadde in this lyf, and that nas but his clothis. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1396 Bot than he was dispuilȝeid off his weid. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. li. 244 An others hands Of these her plants the wood dispoilen shall. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 309 Theeues..dispoiling him of his apparell. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxi. §1. 528 Athalia being thus dispoiled of her Sonne. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. vii. 179 The Swedes, being..despoiled of the Isle of Usedon. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 234 These formed Stones being by this Means despoiled of their Shells. 1775 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 12 May You talked of despoiling his book of the fine print. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 440 The cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 132 He could not despoil The slain man of his armor. b. of things immaterial; also figurative. ΚΠ c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 We bene in peess, of þe whilk þou will now dispoile vs. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 212 b We do not despoyle will of her libertye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 10 Despoyled of your Honor. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 411 Despoild of Innocence, of Faith, of Bliss. View more context for this quotation 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iii. 30 They..despoiled thy head Of separate honor. †3. spec. To strip of clothes, to disrobe: a. originally as an act of violence, spoliation, or robbery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > violently despoilc1230 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 133 For steort naket he wes despuilet o þe rode. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3031 To Gy tok he þat cors: ‘Dispoille þis body’, þan gan he saye ‘& arme þe on ys wede’. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eij^v/1 Take these frensshe men and despoyle them. †b. without the notion of spoliation: To undress; to strip of armour, vestments, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > divest of armour despoilc1386 unarmc1386 undighta1400 disarma1450 dismail1485 unharnessa1500 devest1582 unbelt1815 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person to dight nakedc1200 stripa1225 unclothec1300 nakea1350 despoilc1386 spoilc1386 spoila1400 uncleada1400 undighta1400 unarray14.. disarrayc1425 disattire?1473 unray1485 uncover1530 tirr1553 disclothe1570 disvesture1570 uncoat1571 uncase1576 unapparel1577 disrobe1590 unrig1591 unbusk1596 unstrip1596 untire1597 devest1598 unparel1603 unshale1604 unvest1609 disapparel1610 flaya1616 undress1615 disinvest1619 disvest1627 despoil1632 blanch1675 unpack1765 ungarment1805 peel1820 divest1848 divesture1854 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 318 He had That wommen schuld despoilen hir right there. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 860 Þer he watȝ dispoyled, wyth specheȝ of myerþe, Þe burn of his bruny & of his bryȝt wedeȝ. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxv. 463 Thei made dispoile the quene to go to hir bedde. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxlv. [ccxli.] 753 Before the aulter ther he was dispoyled out of all his vestures of estate. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 25 Despoyled for the game. 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) iv. ii. 142 We..Dispoyled streight his brest, and all we might, Wyped in vaine, with napkyns next at hande. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 75 The Surgeons soon despoil'd 'em of their Arms, And some with Salves they cure, and some with Charms. †c. reflexive. To disrobe or undress oneself, put off one's clothes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)] stripa1225 spoila1382 unclothea1382 despoil1388 spoila1395 undighta1400 uncase1576 disrobe1581 unreadya1586 untire1597 devest1598 discasea1616 undressa1616 disvest1627 doff1697 tirr1787 unray1825 divest1848 undrape1869 unrind1872 shuck1897 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. xviii. 4 Jonathas dispuylide him silf fro the coote. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xii Pryuely she dispoylled her & leid her doune by hym. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 142 Dispoylle you & entre in to this bath. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 85 b/1 He dyspoylled and unclad hym and gaf hys clothys unto the bochyers. †d. To take off (clothes). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing to do offeOE to lay downc1275 to weve offc1290 stripc1320 doffa1375 loose1382 ofdrawa1393 casta1400 to take offa1400 warpa1400 to cast offc1400 to catch offc1400 waivec1400 voidc1407 to put off?a1425 to wap offc1440 to lay from, offc1480 despoil1483 to pull offc1500 slip1535 devest1566 to shift off1567 daff1609 discuss1640 to lay off1699 strip1762 douse1780 shuffle1837 derobe1841 shed1858 skin1861 peel1888 pull1888 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 62 b/1 Moyses toke Aaron upon the hylle & despoylled of his vesture. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 2 b The lord commaunded to despoylle and take of his clothes. †e. with double object: To strip (a person) of (clothes). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person to dight nakedc1200 stripa1225 unclothec1300 nakea1350 despoilc1386 spoilc1386 spoila1400 uncleada1400 undighta1400 unarray14.. disarrayc1425 disattire?1473 unray1485 uncover1530 tirr1553 disclothe1570 disvesture1570 uncoat1571 uncase1576 unapparel1577 disrobe1590 unrig1591 unbusk1596 unstrip1596 untire1597 devest1598 unparel1603 unshale1604 unvest1609 disapparel1610 flaya1616 undress1615 disinvest1619 disvest1627 despoil1632 blanch1675 unpack1765 ungarment1805 peel1820 divest1848 divesture1854 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 1 When the play is ended..they are dispoyled the gawdy garments of the personage represented. †4. To strip of worth, value, or use; to render useless, mar, destroy; to spoil v.¹ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] mareOE shendOE hinderc1000 amarOE awemc1275 noyc1300 touchc1300 bleche1340 blemisha1375 spill1377 misdoa1387 grieve1390 damagea1400 despoil?a1400 matea1400 snapea1400 mankc1400 overthrowa1425 tamec1430 undermine1430 blunder1440 depaira1460 adommage?1473 endamage1477 prejudicec1487 fulyie1488 martyra1500 dyscrase?1504 corrupt1526 mangle1534 danger1538 destroy1542 spoil1563 ruinate1564 ruin1567 wrake1570 injury1579 bane1587 massacre1589 ravish1594 wrong1595 rifle1604 tainta1616 mutilea1618 to do violence toa1625 flaw1665 stun1676 quail1682 maul1694 moil1698 damnify1712 margullie1721 maul1782 buga1790 mux1806 queer1818 batter1840 puckeroo1840 rim-rack1841 pretty1868 garbage1899 savage1899 to do in1905 strafe1915 mash1924 blow1943 nuke1967 mung1969 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 4127 Paynymes..With speres disspetousely disspoylles our knyghttes. c1539 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 235 A action of trespas against..Robart Oliver for dispoyling my gras. 1685 [see despoiled adj. at Derivatives]. †5. a. To make a spoil of (goods, etc.); to carry off by violence, rob, plunder. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)] > make a spoil of (something) stripc1200 spoilc1380 riflec1391 pilla1393 spoila1400 bezzlec1430 peelc1450 despoil1483 spulyie1488 strip1594 prey1596 pillage1600 plunder1643 scoff1893 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B iij To dyspoyle and rauisshe hys neyghbours goodes. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Dispoyle, take away by violence or rob. †b. To remove forcibly, take away. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly reaveOE bereavec1320 atreachc1325 ravisha1398 reach?a1400 to catch awayc1400 rendc1450 ravena1513 pull1530 despoila1533 snatch1597 reap1634 extort1785 to pounce away1821 erept1865 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. K.ij It is necessary to dispoyle the opilacions and leattes of the stomake. Derivatives deˈspoiled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled spoiledc1440 ravisheda1500 pilled?1518 polled1538 rifled1563 despoiled1576 pillaged1629 plundered1639 fleeceda1800 spoliated1815 spulyied1838 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 131 A poore, priuate, and despoyled person. 1685 Mr. Travestin Acct. Proc. against Turks 43 The besieged..again put in order the late dispoiled Battery. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 130 Despoiled proprietors. deˈspoiling adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] ravenousc1425 rapinous1484 polling1526 spoiling1565 predatory1589 pilling1590 spoilful1590 plundering1641 vulturian1659 predatitious1660 pillagingc1670 vulturine1721 predal1737 depredatory1771 spoliatory1790 predatorial1791 plunderous1797 spoliating1840 accipitral1842 despoiling1859 spoliative1875 predative1920 prehensile1927 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 17 The despoiling hands of the first reformers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1474v.c1230
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