coure

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A form of cower — To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

verbcoure (third-person singular simple present coures, present participle couring, simple past and past participle coured)

present singular third person coures · participle present couring · participle past coured · past coured

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of cower.

    Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.

    1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

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Chicago

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