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unpurse

unpurse verb: to bring (one's lips) back from a pursed expression.

Verb

unpurse (third-person singular simple present unpurses, present participle unpursing, simple past and past participle unpursed)

  1. (transitive) To bring (one's lips) back from a pursed expression.

Forms of unpurse

third-person singular presentunpurses
present participleunpursing
past participleunpursed
pastunpursed

Origin of unpurse

From un- + purse.

Questions about unpurse

What does unpurse mean?
Unpurse means to bring (one's lips) back from a pursed expression.
What part of speech is unpurse?
Unpurse is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpurse?
The past tense of unpurse is unpursed.

Words near unpurse in the dictionary

  1. unpurposes
  2. unpurposing
  3. unpurposive
  4. unpurposively
  5. unpurposiveness
  6. unpurse
  7. unpursed
  8. unpurses
  9. unpursing
  10. unpursuable
  11. unpursued

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