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dispurvey en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪspəˈveɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dɪspəɹˈveɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) dispurveyance

dispurvey en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪspəˈveɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dɪspəɹˈveɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dispurveying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dispurveys Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dispurveyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dispurveyed Tense=Past lexicographic