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dispurposing

dispurposing is the present participle and gerund 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 dispurposing

What is dispurposing the present participle and gerund of?
Dispurposing is the present participle and gerund of dispurpose.

Words near dispurposing in the dictionary

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

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