ure

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman *eure, Old French uevre ( > modern œuvre), from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of opera

Noun

ure (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, only in collocations in ure, out of ure) use, practise, exercise.
   • 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, Book 2,

     I cannot vtter any more, for words waxe out of vre

   • c. 1611, George Chapman (translator), The Iliads of Homer, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 17, p. 248,

     But come, let vs be sure of this, to put the best in vre

     That lies in vs;

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
   • 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia (1516) by Thomas More, edited by William Dallam Armes, New York: Macmillan, 1912, Book 1, p. 37,

     […] the French soldiers […] from their youth have been practised and ured in feats of arms […]

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈy.rə/

Noun

ure

1. plural of uur

Alternative forms

• uren
• ureŋ

Noun

ure

1. eye

Noun

ure n

1. plural indefinite of ur

Noun

ure

1. fire

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Noun

ure

1. (chemistry) urea

Romanization

ure

1. Rōmaji transcription of うれ

Verb

ūre

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ūrō

Determiner

ure

1. Alternative form of oure

References

• “our(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

Alternative forms

• ūser

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːre/

Pronoun

ūre

1. our

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Noun

ure

1. penis

Usage notes

Largely considered archaic; replaced by a Tahitian term.