DISPARK

Etymology

Verb

dispark (third-person singular simple present disparks, present participle disparking, simple past and past participle disparked)

(archaic, transitive) To open (a private enclosure, park, etc.) to the public.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*park", v. t.

1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.

2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INSIGNIFICANTLY

(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”


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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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