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Meaning of dispurvey | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
dɪspə(ɹ)ˈveɪ

Definitions

To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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: […]”

CEFR level

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

dispurveyed dispurveying dispurveys dispute disputed disputes

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