displenishv.
/dᵻˈsplɛnɪʃ/, U.S. /dəˈsplɛnɪʃ/, Scottish English /dᵻˈsplɛnɪʃ/ Scottish.
transitive. To deprive of furniture or supplies of any kind; to divest of (farm) stock; to disfurnish.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of stock or cattle
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1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 202 Albeit we had gotten these two years a great store of armes..yet we were..so displenished before.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age i. 1 Large areas of forest-land had been displenished.
Derivatives
diˈsplenish n. displenish sale (Scottish), a sale of farm stock and utensils at the expiry of a lease.
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1863 Montrose Standard 14 Aug. 1 Displenish sale of growing corn.
1893 C. A. Mollyson Parish of Fordoun v. 107 An important displenish sale.
diˈsplenishing n. displenishing sale = displenishing sale.
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1864 N. Brit. Advertiser 21 May Displenishing Sale..at Orbost, Isle of Skye..Cattle, Stock, and Household Furniture.
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diˈsplenishment n. the action of displenishing.
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