[syn: blighted, spoilt]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spoil \Spoil\ (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled (spoild) or
Spoilt (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier,
OF. espoillier, 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 possessions. "Ye shall spoil the
Egyptians." --Ex. iii. 22.
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My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
--Pope.
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2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
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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.
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3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
mar.
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Spiritual pride spoils many graces. --Jer. Taylor.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spoilt
adj 1: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering
or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" [syn:
spoiled, spoilt]
2: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: bad,
spoiled, spoilt]
3: affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or
prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"
[syn: blighted, spoilt]