URE

Etymology

Noun

ure (uncountable)

(obsolete, only in collocations in ure, out of ure) use, practise, exercise.

Verb

ure (third-person singular simple present ures, present participle uring, simple past and past participle ured)

(obsolete, ambitransitive) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.

Anagrams

• ERU, EUR, Eur., Rue, eur-, eur., rue

Etymology

Proper noun

Ure

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows through Wensleydale

A surname.

Anagrams

• ERU, EUR, Eur., Rue, eur-, eur., rue

Source: Wiktionary


Ur, Ure, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The urus.

Ure, n. Etym: [OE. ure, OF. oevre, ovre, ouvre, work, F. oeuvre, L. opera. See Opera, Operate, and cf. Inure, Manure.]

Definition: Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.] Fuller. Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure That lies in us. Chapman.

Ure, v. t.

Definition: To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice. [Obs.] The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been practiced and ured in feats of arms. Sir T. More.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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