purchase sb.:
1.
obtaining, acquisition
John III. i. 205
“ of a heavy curse
from Rome,”
Per. I. ii. 72
“I sought the of a
glorious beauty.”
2.
spoil, booty
1H4 II. i. 101
“a share in our ”
(Ff “purpose”),
H5 III. ii. 46,
R3 III. vii. 186
“Made prize and purchase
of his wanton eye.”
3.
“after fourteen years ,” lit.
at a price equivalent to fourteen years' annual
rent, i.e. (app.) at a very high price Tw.N. IV. i. 24.
