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Old French
Noun
pourpris oblique singular, m (oblique plural pourpris, nominative singular pourpris, nominative plural pourpris)
- enclosure, garden
- 13th century, Le Roman de la Rose
Bel-Acueil, por quoi amenés
Entor ces Roses ce vassaut?
Vous faites mal, se Diex me saut,
Qu'il bée à vostre avilement:
Dehait ait, fors vous solement,
Qui en ces porpris l’amena!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Verb
pourpris m (feminine pourprise, feminine plural pourprises)
- past participle of pourprendre