01 v. t. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
imp. & p. p.
Despoiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Despoiling
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1.
To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.[Obs.]
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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.