单词 | spoliate |
释义 | † spoliateadj. Obsolete. rare. As past participle: destitute, devoid. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > a quality poor?c1225 defectivea1398 imperfectc1400 spoliate?a1500 reprimate1579 abortivatea1640 manqué1773 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1895 in Poems (1981) 73 This carll and bond, of gentrice spoliate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). spoliatev. transitive. To spoil or despoil; to rob or deprive of something. 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 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Spolier, To spoliate, spoil. Derivatives ˈspoliating 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 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 321/1 The spoliating parties called a diet to sanction this iniquitous transaction. 1895 Daily News 6 Nov. 8/3 The scheme of spoliation which was partially successful under a spoliating Government. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.?a1500v.1699 |
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