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Webster 1913 Edition


Unpursed

Un-pursed′

,
Adj.
[1st pref.
un-
+
purse
+
-ed
.]
1.
Robbed of a purse, or of money.
[R.]
Pollock.
2.
Taken from the purse; expended.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unpursed

UNPURS'ED

,
Adj.
Robbed of a purse.

Definition 2024


unpursed

unpursed

English

Verb

unpursed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unpurse

Adjective

unpursed (not comparable)

  1. Not pursed.
    • 1975, George Daniel Spache, Good reading for the disadvantaged reader: multi-ethnic resources (page 14)
      Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face.