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purchased, ppl. a.|ˈpɜːtʃɪst|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
†1. Obtained by effort, entreaty, or the like; acquired, procured, gotten; of land, Acquired otherwise than by inheritance. Also fig. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 87 Heritage þat lyues & leues to þe eldest sonne, Purchaced þing men gyues, woman weddyng to mone, Or tille a man is strange for his seruise oftsone. 1483Cath. Angl. 294/1 Purchest (A. Purchessyde), adeptus. 1568Bible (Bishop's) Eph. i. 14 Unto the redemption of the purchased possession. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 90 You haue among you many a purchast slaue. 1682Warburton Hist. Guernsey (1822) 90 Purchased estates, acquêt or conquêt... Strictly, acquet is such as is purchased before marriage.
†b. Incurred by one's act or conduct. Obs.
1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle iv. iii, He is dead, Grief of your purchas'd anger broke his heart.
2. Bought with money or other equivalent.
1823Byron Juan xiii. lxxvi, An English autumn, though it hath no vines..Hath yet a purchased choice of choicest wines. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Sutherl. (Colburn) 44 Purchased roses decked her furrowed cheeks. |