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dispurveyed

dispurveyed is the simple past and past participle of dispurvey.

Meaning of dispurvey

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

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Questions about dispurveyed

What is dispurveyed the simple past and past participle of?
Dispurveyed is the simple past and past participle of dispurvey.

Words near dispurveyed in the dictionary

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

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