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Meaning of dispurpose | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To dissuade; to frustrate.

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dispurposed dispurposes dispurposing dispurse dispursed dispurses

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