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| Despoina | prop. n. (Classical Mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.
Syn. -- Persephone, Kore, Cora. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Despoil | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Despoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ] The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ] A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. Milton. Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | despoil | n. Spoil. [ Obs. ] Wolsey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | despoiled | adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
Syn. -- pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | despoiler | n. One who despoils. [ 1913 Webster ] | | despoilment | n. Despoliation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | despoil | (ดิสพอยล์') vt. แย่ง, ปล้น, ปล้นสะดม, ตัดสิทธิ์., See also: despoiler n. despoilment n. |
| | despoil | (vt) แย่งชิง, ตีชิง, ปล้น, ปล้นสะดม |
| | ผลาญ | [phlān] (v) EN: destroy ; ravage ; despoil ; ruin ; demolish ; wreck FR: dévaster ; ravager |
| | | Despoil | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Despoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ] The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ] A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. Milton. Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | despoil | n. Spoil. [ Obs. ] Wolsey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | despoiled | adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
Syn. -- pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | despoiler | n. One who despoils. [ 1913 Webster ] | | despoilment | n. Despoliation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
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