† dispernv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To drive away, dispel.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 Our tern inferne for to dispern, Helpe, rialest rosyne.
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v.?a1513- to be shorn of one's strength ? in allusion to the story of samson, of one's authority, privileges
- to be short
- to be shorter by a head
- to be shot
- to be shot between wind and water
- to be shot by the board
- to be shot on the post
- to be shot out
- to be sick of that record
- to be sinking
- to be skewed
- to be skin and bone
- to be skin and bones
- to be slain in the spirit
- to be slow off the mark
- to be small matter
- to be smart
- to be so bold
- to be so kind as to do something
- to be so kind kind enough to do something
- to be so minded
- to be so —— it isn't funny
- to be so —— it isn't true
- to be soft on
- to be someone's huckleberry