disprovide

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ provide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪspɹəˈvaɪd/

Verb

disprovide (third-person singular simple present disprovides, present participle disproviding, simple past and past participle disprovided)

1. (obsolete, transitive) to fail to provide, or take away provisions.
   • 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:

     sea disprovided of sea-charts, and mariner's compasses

References

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