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dispurposes

dispurposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dispurpose.

Meaning of dispurpose

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

Questions about dispurposes

What is dispurposes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dispurposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dispurpose.

Words near dispurposes in the dictionary

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

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