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dispurpose

dispurpose verb: to dissuade; to frustrate.

Verb

dispurpose (third-person singular simple present dispurposes, present participle dispurposing, simple past and past participle dispurposed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dissuade; to frustrate.
    • So shee, but in a contrary manner, seeing her former plots dispurposed, sends me to an old Witch called Acrasia, to help to wreake her spight upon the Senses […]1607, Thomas Tomkins, Lingua

Forms of dispurpose

third-person singular presentdispurposes
present participledispurposing
past participledispurposed
pastdispurposed

Origin of dispurpose

From dis- + purpose.

Questions about dispurpose

What does dispurpose mean?
Dispurpose means to dissuade; to frustrate.
What part of speech is dispurpose?
Dispurpose is a verb.
What is the past tense of dispurpose?
The past tense of dispurpose is dispurposed.

Words near dispurpose in the dictionary

  1. dispunged
  2. dispunges
  3. dispunging
  4. dispunishable
  5. Dispur
  6. dispurpose
  7. dispurposed
  8. dispurposes
  9. dispurposing
  10. dispurse
  11. dispursed

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