He was to sinful man not despitous.
Chaucer.
- De*spit"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
De*spoil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. dépouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.] 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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.
Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
De*spoil", n. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.
De*spoil"er (?), n. One who despoils.