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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Purse  \Purse\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pursed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pursing}.] 
  1.  To  put  into  a  purse. 
 
  I  will  go  and  purse  the  ducats  straight.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  draw  up  or  contract  into  folds  or  wrinkles,  like  the 
  mouth  of  a  purse;  to  pucker;  to  knit. 
 
  Thou  .  .  .  didst  contract  and  purse  thy  brow. 
  --Shak. 




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