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despoil

v. முழுதும் கொள்ளையடி, அழி, பறி, இழக்கச்செய், கவர், கிழித்தெடு, உரி, இழந்து தவிக்கச் செய்.


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De*spoil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] Etym: [OF. despoiller, F. dépouiller, 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. De*spoil", n. Defn: Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.


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