Definition of spoil

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Spoil (v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

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Waste :: Waste (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Spoilsman :: Spoilsmen (pl. ) of Spoilsma.
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe..
Wany :: Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather..
De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..
Spoliation :: Spoliate (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Despoil :: Despoil (n.) Spoil.
Deform :: Deform (v. t.) To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Bedevil :: Bedevil (v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.
Reif :: Reif (n.) Robbery; spoil.
Pet :: Pet (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled..
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) Corruption; cause of corruption.
Mammothrept :: Mammothrept (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
Manubial :: Manubial (a.) Belonging to spoils; taken in war.
Ravager :: Ravager (n.) One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler..
Pillage :: Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
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