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unˈpurse, v.
[un-2 5, 4, 3.]
1. trans. To take (money) out of a purse; to disburse.
1390Gower Conf. II. 146 The time is ofte cursed, That evere was the gold unpursed, The which was leid upon the bok. 1570Levins Manip. 191 To vnburse and vnpurse, expendere, insumere. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Grand d'esboursement d'argent, a great vnpursing of mony. 1611Tourneur Ath. Trag. v. i. (Stage direct.), Unpurses the gold.
2. To rob of one's purse.
1827Pollok Course T. viii. 382 The uncivil robber, who unpursed The traveller on the highway.
3. To relax from a pursed state. Also intr.
1871Browning Pr. Hohenst. 45 Now I permit your plump lips to unpurse. c1880R. Bridges in A. D. Coleridge Eton in Forties (1896) 174 Unpursed his mouth, empty his mighty chest, His run is o'er. |