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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unspoil,) Onspoil, v. [Late ME unspoyle (a1400); Un- prefix2, with redundant use, and Spuilȝe v. 5 c.] tr. To despoil (a person's life), to kill (him). —1626 Garden Worthies 97.
That little space that wrong & wraith hade spair'd Brave Lord, thy lyfe dispightfullie onspoil'd
