in ure

See also: inure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in ure.

Adjective

in ure (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In use, in practice.
    • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
      , Folio Society, 2006, p.30:
      As we see some idle-fallow grounds, if they be fat and fertile, to bring foorth store and sundrie rootes of wilde and unprofitable weeds, and that to keep them in ure we must subject and imploy them with certaine seeds for use and service.

Adverb

in ure (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Into use, into practice.

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