SERES

Noun

seres

plural of sere

Anagrams

• Esser, reses, seers

Source: Wiktionary


SERE

Sear, Sere, a.

Definition: [OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. soren to to wither, Gr. sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. sq. root152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.

Sere, a.

Definition: Dry; withered. Same as Sear. But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere. Coleridge.

Sere, n. Etym: [F. serre.]

Definition: Claw; talon. [Obs.] Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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