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spoilt = spoilspoilt adj 1: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; " a spoiled child" [ synonym: { spoiled}, { spoilt}] 2: ( of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; " bad meat"; " a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [ synonym: { bad}, { spoiled}, { spoilt}] 3: affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; " a blighted rose"; " blighted urban districts" [ synonym: { blighted}, { spoilt}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar. [ 1913 Webster] Spiritual pride spoils many graces. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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