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dispauper

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[dis-paw-per] / dɪsˈpɔ pər /

verb (used with object)

Law.

  1. to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.

Etymology

Origin of dispauper

First recorded in 1625–35; dis- 1 + pauper

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