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English
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.
Noun
purpresture (countable and uncountable, plural purprestures)
- (historical) The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).
Old French
Noun
purpresture oblique singular, f (oblique plural purprestures, nominative singular purpresture, nominative plural purprestures)
- (Anglo-Norman) purpresture; illegal seizure
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