dépouiller

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French

Etymology

From Old French despoillier, from Latin dēspoliāre, present active infinitive of dēspoliō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.pu.je/
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Verb

dépouiller

  1. to skin (an animal)
  2. (literary) to rob, despoil
  3. to count (votes); to go through (mail); to peruse, examine in detail
  4. (literary) to strip, denude (of clothes, possessions etc.)
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, literary) to divest oneself of
  6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) (of an animal) to shed its skin

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