despoil

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"Despoil those verses of their masterly polish," he says, "reduce those thoughts to prose, and you will see how little they are akin to poetry."

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean

Despoil the idea of family, assail rudely its elements, its framework, and its essential principles, and nothing but degradation and barbarism can come to any people.

From Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. by Various

Despoil, de-spoil′, v.t. to spoil completely: to strip: to bereave: to rob.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various