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dispurveying

dispurveying is the present participle and gerund 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 dispurveying

What is dispurveying the present participle and gerund of?
Dispurveying is the present participle and gerund of dispurvey.

Words near dispurveying in the dictionary

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

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