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purpresture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pur-pres-ture
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From 1150–1200, Middle English purpresture, from Anglo-Norman purpresture; alteration of Old French porpresure (“enclosure, occupied space”), from porprendre (“to seize, occupy, enclose”), from por- (“for”) + prendre (“to take”); from Latin prehendere.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: purpresture, porpresure, prehendere

Usage

Inflected Forms

purprestures (plural) pourpresture (alternative)

Questions

What does purpresture mean?
The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).
Where does purpresture come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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