† deˈburse, v. Obs. Sc.
Also 6 deburs, -burce, 7 debourse.
[a. F. débourse-r, in OF. desbourser, f. des-:—L. dis- (see de- I. 6) + bourse:—late pop. L. bursa purse.]
To pay out, disburse.
| 1529 W. Frankeleyn in Fiddes Wolsey ii. (1726) 167 Your grace shuld not deburce owt of your coffers very myche monye. 1561 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 286 Suche..somes as they shall deburse. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. 318. 1705 Kirk-Session Rec. in Sc. Leader 22 June 1888 Debursed upon thatching the schoolhouse {pstlg}11 3s. 4d. |
Hence deˈbursing vbl. n. = next.
| 1598 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 179 (Jam.) Necessar debursingis in thair hienes..maist honorabill effairis. |