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From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.
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Today it means: To strip of provisions; to disfurnish. Full definition →
From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.