purse

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Middle English purse from Old English purs.

Old English purs is a conflation of Old English burse "pouch, bag" (from Mediaeval Latin bursa) and Old English pusa "wallet, bag, scrip" from Proto-Germanic *pusan (bag, sack, scrip). Akin to Old High German pfosa "pouch, purse", Old Norse posi "purse, bag". Cf also Old French borse (French: bourse), Old Saxon burse, Old High German burissa "wallet".

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Singular
purse

Plural
purses

purse (plural purses)

  1. A small bag for carrying money.
  2. (US) A small bag used by women for carrying various small personal items.
  3. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

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  • (small bag used by women for carrying various small personal items): handbag (especially British)
  • (quantity of money): bursary, grant

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Infinitive
to purse

Third person singular
purses

Simple past
pursed

Past participle
pursed

Present participle
pursing

to purse (third-person singular simple present purses, present participle pursing, simple past and past participle pursed)

  1. (transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

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