dispurvey

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UK/dɪspəˈveɪ/US/dɪspəɹˈveɪ/

verb

To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.

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Meanings

verbdispurvey (third-person singular simple present dispurveys, present participle dispurveying, simple past and past participle dispurveyed)

present singular third person dispurveys · participle present dispurveying · participle past dispurveyed · past dispurveyed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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
noundispurvey (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountabledispurveyance

Origin

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

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APA

dispurvey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispurvey

MLA

“dispurvey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispurvey. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dispurvey,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispurvey.

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