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Spoil v. t. (past & past part. spoilt or spoiled; pres. part. spoiling)

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." "My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes."

To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder. "No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man."

To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar. "Spiritual pride spoils many graces."

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.

Spoil v. i. (past & past part. spoilt or spoiled; pres. part. spoiling)

To practice plunder or robbery. "Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil."

To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

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"Spoilt" Quotes from Famous Books

... to herself; "for my part I can't understand anyone going into raptures over them. For one nice child there are twenty disagreeable ones. I have nothing to say against Babs, of course; but Judy, she is about the most spoilt creature I ever came across, and of course it is all Hilda's fault. I must speak to Mr. Merton, I really must, if this goes on. Hilda and Judy ought to be parted, but of course Hilda won't leave home unless, unless—ah, I wonder if there is any chance of that. Too good news to be ...

— A Young Mutineer • Mrs. L. T. Meade

... whether the hairs on your forehead be many or few, you know not, but do know well that it behoves an old man to be cheery in proportion to the propinquity of his exit, and go on your way rejoicing through this beautiful world, which not even the Radicals have quite spoilt yet. ...

— What I Remember, Volume 2 • Thomas Adolphus Trollope

... "That's just the tiresome part of it. I've been for a little trip abroad, you see, and have been a bit spoilt. That was in a country down south. I took a nap under the beech-trees there. They are tall, slender trees, not crooked old fellows like you. And their tops are so dense that the sunbeams can't pierce through them at all. It was a real delight to ...

— The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories • Carl Ewald

... irresistible contagion in the mirth of her young cousin, but still she could not help feeling sad. It was not merely that she would have to part with Eric, "but that bright boy," thought Fanny, "what will become of him? I have heard strange things of schools; oh, if he should be spoilt and ruined, what misery it would be. Those baby lips, that pure young heart, a year may work sad change in their words and thoughts!" She sighed again, and her eyes glistened as she raised them upwards, ...

— Eric • Frederic William Farrar

... courtship promotes conjugal felicity more than anything else whatever. A lady, asked why she didn't marry, since she had so many making love to her, replied: "Because being courted is too great a luxury to be spoilt ...

— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke

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