Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burn completely or partially; calcine, scorch, or parch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To burn up.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To burn up.
Etymologies
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Latin adurere; ad + urere to burn.
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Examples
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LuMBOs jecurque mor - bidum Flammis adure congruis;
Breviarium ecclesiæ Rotomagensis Rouen diocese 1777
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