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dispurvey

UK/dɪspəˈveɪ/US/dɪspəɹˈveɪ/

dispurvey verb: to strip of provisions; to disfurnish.

Verb

dispurvey (third-person singular simple present dispurveys, present participle dispurveying, simple past and past participle dispurveyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
    • They diſpuruey their veſtry of ſuch Treaſure / As they may ſpare, the vvork now being ended / Demand their ſums againe: but out of meaſure / At their requeſt the Monarch ſeemes offended, / And ſaies he meanes to pay them at his pleaſure: […]1609, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Canto. 6.”, in Troia Britanica: Or, Great Britaines Troy. […], London: […] W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, stanza 90, page 133

Noun

dispurvey (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) dispurveyance

Forms of dispurvey

third-person singular presentdispurveys
present participledispurveying
past participledispurveyed
pastdispurveyed

Origin of dispurvey

From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.

Questions about dispurvey

What does dispurvey mean?
Dispurvey means to strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
What part of speech is dispurvey?
Dispurvey can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce dispurvey?
Dispurvey is pronounced /dɪspəˈveɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dispurvey?
The past tense of dispurvey is dispurveyed.

Words near dispurvey in the dictionary

  1. dispurse
  2. dispursed
  3. dispursement
  4. dispurses
  5. dispursing
  6. dispurvey
  7. dispurveyance
  8. dispurveyed
  9. dispurveying
  10. dispurveys
  11. disputability

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