dispurvey

/dɪspəˈveɪ/

Etymology

From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir.

dispurvey means dispurveyance. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

dispurvey is pronounced /dɪspəˈveɪ/.

noun

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: […]”