dispurse

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ purse

Verb

dispurse (third-person singular simple present dispurses, present participle dispursing, simple past and past participle dispursed)

1. Obsolete form of disburse.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     Have I dispurs'd to the garrisons

References

• “dispurse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• prusside, suspired