† diˈspayre, n. Obs.
Also dys-, -peir, -peyre.
[f. dispair v.2, var. of depair, to spoil, injure, or suffer injury.]
Impaired condition, disrepair.
| 1467 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 397 That it may be remedyed and holpen when that it ys [in] ruyn, or in dispeyre, or before. 1537–8 Will of J. Sponer (Somerset Ho.), All the wyndows..that be in dyspeir. |