dispurvey
English edit
Etymology edit
dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dispurvey (third-person singular simple present dispurveys, present participle dispurveying, simple past and past participle dispurveyed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
- 1609, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Canto. 6.”, in Troia Britanica: Or, Great Britaines Troy. […], London: […] W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, stanza 90, page 133:
- 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: […]
Noun edit
dispurvey (uncountable)
References edit
- “dispurvey”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.