单词 | dispurpose |
释义 | † dispurposev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To defeat of its purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 1607 Lingua v. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 433 She..seeing her former plots dispurposed, sends me to an old witch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1607 |
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