spoil

n. கொண்டி, போரில் கைப்பற்றிய திறை, ஆதாயம், ஆக்கநலம், முயற்சி விளைவான ஊதியம், சூறையாட்டு, அழிமதி, கழற்றியெறிந்த தோல், கழித்த சட்டை, விலங்குடலின் எச்சமிச்சம், அகழ்வின் எறிமண், செய்முயற்சியில் கேடடைந்த பொருள், தூர்வாங்கியெறிந்த வண்டல், ஆட்சிகைப்பற்றிய கட்சிக்குரியதாகக் கருதப்படும் பதவி ஆதாய நலம், ஐவர் சீட்டாட்ட வகையில் எவரும் ஐந்தில்-மூன்று கெலிப்பின்றி ஆட்டம் செல்லாய்விடல், (வினை.) கொள்ளையிடு, உடைமை பறி, வலிந்து கைப்பற்றி அல்லது திருடி இழக்கச் செய், உடையது இல்லாதாக்க, வறிதாக்கவிடு, கெடச் செய், பதனழியச் செய், பயன்படாததாக்கு, செல்லங்கொடுத்துக்கெடு, கெடு, அழிவுறு, சேதமுறு, (இழி.) உறுப்புக்கெடு, சொல்-ஆள் வகையில் ஒழித்துக்கட்டிவிடு.

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Spoil (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled or Spoilt; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.] Etym: [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.] 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22. My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eues. Pope. 2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder. No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man. Mark iii. 27. 3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar. Spiritual pride spils many graces. Jer. Taylor. 4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading. Spoil, v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery. Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. Spenser. 2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather. Spoil, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Milton. 2. Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils. From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle, but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon. 3. That which is gained by strength or effort. each science and each art his spoil. Bentley. 4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoil. Shak. 5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic] Villainous company hath been the spoil of me. Shak. 6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. [Obs.] Bacon. Spoil bank, a bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal. -- The spoils system, the theory or practice of regarding public and their emoluments as so much plunder to be distributed among their active partisans by those who are chosen to responsible offices of administration.