deburse
deburse is the obsolete form of disburse.
Meaning of disburse
Verb
disburse (third-person singular simple present disburses, present participle disbursing, simple past and past participle disbursed)
- To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
- The consequent traffic is so grave that, last year, councils in England and Wales demanded that the government disburse £1bn a year to them so they could repair roads and tackle congestion.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian
Forms of deburse
| third-person singular present | deburses |
|---|---|
| present participle | debursing |
| past participle | debursed |
| past | debursed |
Origin of deburse
From de- + Latin bursa (“purse”), equivalent to de- + burse.
Questions about deburse
- What is deburse the obsolete form of?
- Deburse is the obsolete form of disburse.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deburse (page history and authors); disburse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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