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Definition of Despoiling
1. despoil [v] - See also: despoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despoiling
Literary usage of Despoiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... And was despoiling of the arms the corse ; Whilst Pallas donn'd the invisible
helmet dark Of Hades, lest fierce Ares know her there. ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1863)
"The principal matter of Christ's satisfaction was not only in a diminishing of
his glory, but despoiling him of it.—And that lie did this willingly, ..."
3. The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations by Hugo Grotius, Archibald Colin Campbell (1901)
"ON MODERATION IN despoiling AN ENEMY'S COUNTRY. Lawfulness of despoiling an
enemy's country — Forbearance of using this right, where things may be useful to ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The work of suppressing and despoiling the chantries, begun by Henry VIII, was
taken up and completed by his successor, Edward VI, in 1547. ..."
5. Frenzied Finance by Thomas William Lawson (1905)
"... XIX THE despoiling OF LEONARD LEWISOHN A FEW days later there came another
summons from New York. Realizing that matters of importance were in the ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... The State of Pennsylvania is шЫ iA hostile army is now occupying and despoiling
i:n. towns of our sister State. ..."
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