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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

disprovide en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪspɹəˈvaɪd/

Etymology

From dis- + provide.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to fail to provide, or take away provisions.
    • sea disprovided of sea-charts, and mariner's compasses 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disprovides Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disprovided Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disprovided Tense=Past lexicographic
disproviding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic