purpresture

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English

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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)

  1. (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 singularf (oblique plural purprestures, nominative singular purpresture, nominative plural purprestures)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) purpresture; illegal seizure

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