† dispurposev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To defeat of its purpose.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil
false?c1225
confoundc1315
blenk?a1400
matea1400
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blench1485
fruster?a1513
frustrate?a1513
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disappoint1545
prevent1555
foila1564
blank1566
thwart1581
confute1589
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vain1628
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scotch1654
bafflea1674
crossbar1680
transverse1770
tomahawk1773
throttle1825
wreck1855
stultify1865
derail1889
to pull the plug1923
rank1924
1607 Lingua v. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 433 She..seeing her former plots dispurposed, sends me to an old witch.
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