Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-SPOIL', v.t. [L. despolio; de and spolio, to spoil; Fr. depouiller; It. spogliare; Sp. despojar; Port. id. See Spoil.]

1. To strip; to take from by force; to rob; to deprive; followed by of; as, to despoil one of arms; to despoil of honors; to despoil of innocence.
2. To strip or divest by any means. – Woodward.