dispurpose

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verb

To dissuade; to frustrate.

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Meanings

verbdispurpose (third-person singular simple present dispurposes, present participle dispurposing, simple past and past participle dispurposed)

present singular third person dispurposes · participle present dispurposing · participle past dispurposed · past dispurposed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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

Origin

From dis- + purpose.

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APA

dispurpose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispurpose

MLA

“dispurpose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispurpose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dispurpose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispurpose.

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