Bible Dictionaries
Spoil

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) 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 possession.

(2):

(n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.

(3):

(n.) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; - commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.

(4):

(n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.

(5):

(v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

(6):

(n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.

(7):

(n.) Corruption; cause of corruption.

(8):

(v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

(9):

(v. t.) 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.

(10):

(v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.

(11):

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

(12):

(n.) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spoil'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/spoil.html. 1828.