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- despoil of
despoil of
despoil something of something
to make something, such as a town, tomb, or building, lose value by stealing from it; to rob something of something. The vandals despoiled the castle of much of its furnishings. The land was despoiled of its fertility by overplanting.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Madeline | | MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English), ma-də-LEEN (French), mad-LEEN (French) | English, French |
| Langdon | | LANG-dən | English (Rare) |
| Light | | [lait] | |
| Yaniv | | - | Hebrew |
| Stoyan | | - | Bulgarian |
| AmÁLia | | - | Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak |