To remove, negate, or change the original purpose or intent of something.
From dis- (reversal) + purpose (from Latin purposum, 'proposed' or 'intended'). To undo or contradict the intended function.
Medieval scholars sometimes copied important texts with dispurposed margins—they'd erase the original text and write over it because parchment was too precious to waste.
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