† dispacev.
Obsolete.
intransitive and reflexive. To walk or move about.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places
runeOE
to go aboutc1300
passc1400
discur1557
dispace1588
perambulate1607
to get about1776
to go around1796
to get around1798
circulate1848
society > travel > [verb (reflexive)] > travel about
dispace1588
1588 E. Spenser Virgils Gnat 295 Thus wise long time he did himselfe dispace There round about.
1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. V3 But when he spide the ioyous Butterflie In this faire plot dispacing too and fro.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 75 [The Saints] in this lower field dispacing wide, Through windie thoughts, that would their sayles misguide.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
v.1588