ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESPOIL
From Old French despoillier, from Latin dēspoliāre, from de- + spoliāre to rob (esp of clothing).
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DESPOIL
PRESENT
Present
I despoil
you despoil
he/she/it despoils
we despoil
you despoil
they despoil
Present continuous
I am despoiling
you are despoiling
he/she/it is despoiling
we are despoiling
you are despoiling
they are despoiling
Present perfect
I have despoiled
you have despoiled
he/she/it has despoiled
we have despoiled
you have despoiled
they have despoiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been despoiling
you have been despoiling
he/she/it has been despoiling
we have been despoiling
you have been despoiling
they have been despoiling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I despoiled
you despoiled
he/she/it despoiled
we despoiled
you despoiled
they despoiled
Past continuous
I was despoiling
you were despoiling
he/she/it was despoiling
we were despoiling
you were despoiling
they were despoiling
Past perfect
I had despoiled
you had despoiled
he/she/it had despoiled
we had despoiled
you had despoiled
they had despoiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been despoiling
you had been despoiling
he/she/it had been despoiling
we had been despoiling
you had been despoiling
they had been despoiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will despoil
you will despoil
he/she/it will despoil
we will despoil
you will despoil
they will despoil
Future continuous
I will be despoiling
you will be despoiling
he/she/it will be despoiling
we will be despoiling
you will be despoiling
they will be despoiling
Future perfect
I will have despoiled
you will have despoiled
he/she/it will have despoiled
we will have despoiled
you will have despoiled
they will have despoiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been despoiling
you will have been despoiling
he/she/it will have been despoiling
we will have been despoiling
you will have been despoiling
they will have been despoiling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would despoil
you would despoil
he/she/it would despoil
we would despoil
you would despoil
they would despoil
Conditional continuous
I would be despoiling
you would be despoiling
he/she/it would be despoiling
we would be despoiling
you would be despoiling
they would be despoiling
Conditional perfect
I would have despoil
you would have despoil
he/she/it would have despoil
we would have despoil
you would have despoil
they would have despoil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been despoiling
you would have been despoiling
he/she/it would have been despoiling
we would have been despoiling
you would have been despoiling
they would have been despoiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you despoil
we let´s despoil
you despoil
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
despoiled
Present Participle
despoiling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPOIL»
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despoil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
despoil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Despoil. de. Novo. 29 December 2010 Location: Getwell and Nail (Southaven,
MS) Note: Upon reading more essays by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk and Claude
Frédéric Bastiat... while listening to Alejandro Sanz's album ElAlma AlAire.
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REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONRES:
. 24. Provided that no delivery from the wife of the property of her husband, or
consent by her to any taking or removing of such property, shall in anywise justify
or excuse the taking and removing of such property by one intending to despoil
the ...
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House of Commons Papers
Provided that no delivery from the wife of the property of her husband, or consent
by her to any taking or removing of such property, shall in anywise justify or
excuse the taking and removing of such property by one intending to despoil the
...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1839
If wedo not care for our families, theywillnot carefor us. If we donot care for our
institutions, they will not care for us. We despoil people in the same way we
despoil our natural habitat. We despoil our cultures in the same way we despoil
our ...
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Imagining the King's Death: Figurative Treason, Fantasies of ...
The notion of Hale's that Scott invites the jury to focus on is that of 'despoiling' the
king of his government; for he wants to develop the argument that just as
imprisonment is the same as deposition, so any attempt to 'despoil' the king,
however ...
Art. 21.—“'here the taking is upon a finding or other casualty, the quality of the act
depends upon the intentiotrof the party at the time; and it is not theft unless he
took with intent to despoil the owner and fraudulently to appropriate the thing ...
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Customary International Humanitarian Law: pt. 1-2. Practice
Burkina Faso's Disciplinary Regulations states that it is prohibited “to despoil the
dead”.132 139. Cameroon's DisciplinaryRegulations states that itis forbidden“
todespoil the dead”.133 140. Canada's LOAC Manual specifies that the
belligerents ...
(o6«.) to uex, to annoy, to offend contemptuously }. Despite'ful a. malicious |ift, ^-
Despite'fulfracfo. Despite'- fulness n. In Despite of Despoil (de-spoil') [ 0. Fr.
despoiller, to despoil -L. de & spoliare, to plunder. ] v. t. ( obs.) to strip ( as of
clothing), ...
Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
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A history of the Jews in North Africa: From the Ottoman ...
after he sent the Wadaya,173 who lived in Meknes, to despoil the Meknes
community, and so they did. They came on the 14th of the month of lyar and
proclaimed that the Malicious One had forgiven them — in order to lure the
people back ...
H. Z(J. W.) Hirschberg, Eliezer Bashan, Robert Attal, 1981
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Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament
Ezekiel says that Nebuchadrezzar will carry off the wealth of Egypt, despoil its
spoil and plunder its plunder (verhalal shelalah ubhazaz bizzah, Ezk. 29:19), and
something similar concerning Gog (Ezk. 38:12f.). Yahweh will give the silver and
...
G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, 1975
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPOIL»
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despoil is used in the context of the following news items.
Greece Says “NO” to Austerity and Their Global Loan Shark Predators
... Bank will be benefiting from the electrical energy that will be used to further exploit India's natural resources and despoil the nation for profit. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
A time for all Australians to nurture Indigenous heritage
... that it is given to us in trust, that to despoil it for gain is a terrible thing, and that in any environment all things and people are connected. «Eureka Street, Jul 15»
Consciousness & Knowledge - Part Two
The result is ravaged landscapes, overflowing landfills and ever more destruction of virgin land for raw materials to replace those we despoil ... «RenewablesBiz, Jul 15»
Haiti - FLASH : An employee of the CEP shot dead in Delmas 32
... victim of death threats, the murder has everything of a execution stressing that the bandits do not seek to despoil the property of his cousin. «Haitilibre.com, Jul 15»
Alan Grayson drafts 'new Declaration of Independence' from bigotry …
They have no right to despoil our land and our water, the air we breathe and the food we eat. They have no right to manipulate or gut our laws ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
LETTER: Stop digging
In addition, Littlehampton has a uniquely open seafront with large open public spaces, and we want to keep its special charm and not despoil it ... «Littlehampton Gazette, Jul 15»
Rogue trader fined for dumping waste in country lanes
“The culprit took money from people to dispose of their waste but decided it was more profitable to despoil the countryside instead. The only ... «Sussex Express, Jul 15»
Alexander von Humboldt: The man who made nature modern
Humboldt wrote that the “wants and restless activity of large communities of men gradually despoil the face of the Earth.” In 1844, he ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
My New Declaration of Independence
They have no right to despoil our land and our water, the air we breathe and the food we eat. They have no right to manipulate or gut our laws ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Sustaining Our Farmers
And lastly, there's the issue of sustainability—can we produce sufficient food using methods that do not deplete and despoil natural resources? «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jul 15»
