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dispurveys

dispurveys is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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What is dispurveys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dispurveys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dispurvey.

Words near dispurveys in the dictionary

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

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