"despose" meaning in English

See despose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: desposes [present, singular, third-person], desposing [participle, present], desposed [participle, past], desposed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} despose (third-person singular simple present desposes, present participle desposing, simple past and past participle desposed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of dispose. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: dispose
    Sense id: en-despose-en-verb-ZOVP2d0m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for despose meaning in English (1.4kB)

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