purchased, ppl. a.
(ˈpɜːtʃɪst)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
† 1. Obtained by effort, entreaty, or the like; acquired, procured, gotten; of land, Acquired otherwise than by inheritance. Also fig. Obs.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 87 Heritage þat lyues & leues to þe eldest sonne, Purchaced þing men gyues, woman weddyng to mone, Or tille a man is strange for his seruise oftsone. 1483 Cath. Angl. 294/1 Purchest (A. Purchessyde), adeptus. 1568 Bible (Bishop's) Eph. i. 14 Unto the redemption of the purchased possession. 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 90 You haue among you many a purchast slaue. 1682 Warburton Hist. Guernsey (1822) 90 Purchased estates, acquêt or conquêt... Strictly, acquet is such as is purchased before marriage. |
† b. Incurred by one's act or conduct. Obs.
| 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle iv. iii, He is dead, Grief of your purchas'd anger broke his heart. |
2. Bought with money or other equivalent.
| 1823 Byron Juan xiii. lxxvi, An English autumn, though it hath no vines..Hath yet a purchased choice of choicest wines. 1825 T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Sutherl. (Colburn) 44 Purchased roses decked her furrowed cheeks. |