spoilt
(spɔɪlt) vb a past tense and past participle of
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spoil
(spɔɪl)
v. spoiled or spoilt, spoil•ing, v.t. 1. to damage or harm severely; ruin: The tear spoiled the delicate fabric.
2. to impair the quality of; affect detrimentally: Bad weather spoiled our vacation.
3. to impair the character of (someone) by excessive indulgence.
4. Archaic. a. to strip of goods or valuables; plunder.
b. to take or seize by force.
v.i. 5. to become bad or unfit for use, as food or other perishable substances.
6. to plunder, pillage, or rob.
n. 7. Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
8. spoils, the emoluments and advantages of public office viewed as won by a victorious political party.
9. waste material, as that which is cast up in excavating.
Idioms: be spoiling for, Informal. to be very eager for: They're spoiling for a fight.
[1300–50; (v.) Middle English < Old French espoillier < Latin spoliāre to despoil, v. derivative of spolium booty]
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