adure
English
Etymology
Verb
adure (third-person singular simple present adures, present participle aduring, simple past and past participle adured)
- (obsolete) To burn, completely or slightly.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Such a degree of heat, which doth neither melt nor scorch, doth mellow, and not adure.
References
- “adure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
adūre
- second-person singular present active imperative of adūrō
Spanish
Verb
adure
- inflection of adurir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative