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Definition of Despoils
1. despoil [v] - See also: despoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despoils
Literary usage of Despoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner by Charles Edwards Lester (1874)
"A power so peculiar and offensive— so hostile to reason—so repugnant to the law
of nature and the inborn Rights of Man; which despoils its victims of the ..."
2. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1875)
"THE KING despoils THE POPE AND THE CLERGY. (MARCH TO MAY 1532.) HENRY VIII.
having permitted the bishops to execute their task of persecution, proceeded to ..."
3. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1880)
"THE KING despoils THE POPE AND THE CLERGY. (MARCH TO MAY 1532.) HENRY VIII.
having permitted the bishops to execute th^ir task of persecution, proceeded to ..."
4. The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign by Edward McMurdo (1888)
"... and Portugal against Alfonso X.—Alfonso III. despoils him of the usufruct of
the Algarve —Effects of the economic situation of the kingdom—Attempts to ..."
5. The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign by Edward McMurdo (1888)
"... and Portugal against Alfonso X.—Alfonso III. despoils him of the usufruct of
the Algarve —Effects of the economic situation of the kingdom—Attempts to ..."
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