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noun
1.
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
2.
a small bag, pouch, or case for carrying money.
3.
anything resembling a purse in appearance, use, etc.
4.
a sum of money offered as a prize or reward.
5.
EXPANDa sum of money collected as a present or the like.
6.
COLLAPSEmoney, resources, or wealth.
verb (used with object)
7.
to contract into folds or wrinkles; pucker: to purse one's lips.
8.
to put into a purse.
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Pursed
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Origin:
before 1100; (noun) Middle English, Old English purs, blend of pusa bag (cognate with Old Norse posi) and Medieval Latin bursa bag (≪ Greek býrsa hide, leather); (v.) Middle English pursen to put in a purse, derivative of the noun
before 1100; (noun) Middle English, Old English purs, blend of pusa bag (cognate with Old Norse posi) and Medieval Latin bursa bag (≪ Greek býrsa hide, leather); (v.) Middle English pursen to put in a purse, derivative of the noun
Related forms
purse·less, adjective
purse·like, adjective
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Example Sentences
- He had tightly pursed his lips and pressed his forearms against his knees.
- It was attached, she gulped and pursed her lips as she spoke, to one of the lower pieces of wood.
- It wouldn't hurt to lighten up a little and unpry those pursed lips for a spell.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
purse
O.E. pursa "little bag made of leather," from M.L. bursa "purse" (cf. O.Fr. borse, 12c., Fr. bourse), from L.L., variant of byrsa "hide," from Gk. byrsa "hide, leather." Change of b- to p- perhaps by infl. of O.E. pusa, O.N. posi "bag." Meaning "woman's handbag" is attested from 1955. Meaning "sum of
EXPANDmoney collected as a prize in a race, etc.," is from 1650. The verb, "draw together and wrinkle" (as the strings of a money bag) is first recorded 1604. Purse-strings, fig. for "control of money" is from c.1412. Purse-snatcher first attested 1902 (earlier purse-picker, 1549). The notion of "drawn together by a thong" is also behind purse-net (c.1400).
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