SPOIL - Definiția din dicționar
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Spoil (spoil), v. t.
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My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
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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
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3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.
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Spiritual pride
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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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Spoil (spoil), v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery.
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Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and
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2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
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Spoil, n. [Cf. OF.
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Gentle gales,
Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense
Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole
Those balmy
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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.
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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
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3. That which is gained by strength or effort.
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Each science and each art his
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4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.
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The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treason, stratagems, and
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5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic]
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Villainous company hath been the
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6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. [Obs.]
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