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Definitions for spoliate
ˈspoʊ liˌeɪtspo·li·ate
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spoliateverb
To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
spoliateverb
To engage in robbery; to plunder.
Etymology: From spoliatus, perfect passive participle of spolio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To SPOLIATEverb
To rob; to plunder. Dict.
Etymology: spolio, Lat.
Webster Dictionary
Spoliateverb
to plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob
Etymology: [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare to spoil. See Spoil, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Spoliate
spō′li-āt, v.t. to spoil, to plunder, to pillage.—v.i. to practise robbery.—ns. Spō′liary, the place in a Roman amphitheatre where the bodies of slaughtered gladiators were dragged to be stripped; Spoliā′tion, act of spoiling: robbery.—adj. Spō′liātive, serving to take away or diminish.—n. Spō′liātor, one who spoliates.—adj. Spō′liātory, tending to spoil: destructive.—n. Spō′lium, the property of a beneficed ecclesiastic not transmissible by will. [L. spoliatus, pa.p. of spoliāre—spolium, spoil.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spoliate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spoliate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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