dispurpose en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + purpose.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To dissuade; to frustrate.
So shee, but in a contrary manner, seeing her former plots dispurposed, sends me to an old Witch called Acrasia, to help to wreake her spight upon the Senses […]
1607, Thomas Tomkins, Lingua:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dispurposed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dispurposed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dispurposing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dispurposes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |