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  1. transitive verb To wrap in or as if in cerecloth.
  2. noun A fleshy or waxlike membrane at the base of the upper beak in certain birds, such as parrots, through which the nostrils open.

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  • The sin- cere reverers of the throne felt the cause of loyalty ennobled by its alliance with that of freedom; while the honest zealots of the people could not but admit, that freedom itself assumed a more winning form, humanized by loyalty and consecrated by religious principle. —  Biographia Literaria
  • CPW also markets cereal bars in able to offset high levels of input cost inflation with a combination several European countries and manufactures private label cere - of pricing actions, sourcing productivity, and manufacturing als for customers in the United Kingdom. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Consists essentially of the cere - are seeing or cognition. bral cortex, corpus callosum, basal ganglia, and limbic Basic Unit. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The homecoming celebrations included motorcades, gala cere-monies at the National Stadium and the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, school tours and invitation-only soirées. —  Jamaica Gleaner Online
  • From the angle of the mouth to the eye there is a small naked `cere,' of a bright yellow colour. —  The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North
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  1. Middle English ceren, ciren, from Old French cirer, to cover with wax, from Latin cērāre; see cerate.
  2. Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Medieval Latin cēra, from Latin, wax; see cerate.

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  1. from French cire = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian cera, wax, from Latin cera, wax, = Greek κηρός, wax, = Welsh cwyr = Cornish coir - Irish and Gaelic ceir, wax.
  2. Early modern English also cear, sear; = French cirer (Spanish Portuguese en-cerar = Italian in-cerare), from Latin cerare, cover with wax, from cera, wax: see cere, and cf, cerement.
 

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