Meanings
verbadure (third-person singular simple present adures, present participle aduring, simple past and past participle adured)
present singular third person adures · participle present aduring · participle past adured · past adured
- obsoleteTo burn, completely or slightly.
Such a degree of heat, which doth neither melt nor scorch, doth mellow, and not adure.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinadūrere
- Englishadure
Borrowed from Latin adūrere.
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Rhymes with adure
yoursuretourmaturesecureensurepoorpureMoorebrochurecureassureentrepreneurinsureunsureobscurecouturelureendureDarfurmanureinsecuremoormuir
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APA
adure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adure
MLA
“adure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adure. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adure.
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