What does dispurvey mean?
Dispurvey means (transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish..
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/dɪspəˈveɪ/ · verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish..
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: […]
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Dispurvey means (transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish..
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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: […]
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