dispurse

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A form of disburse — To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

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Meanings

verbdispurse (third-person singular simple present dispurses, present participle dispursing, simple past and past participle dispursed)

present singular third person dispurses · participle present dispursing · participle past dispursed · past dispursed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of disburse.

    Have I dispurs'd to the garrisons

    c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]

Origin

From dis- + purse.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

prussidesuspired
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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