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adured

adured is the simple past and past participle of adure.

Meaning of adure

Verb

adure (third-person singular simple present adures, present participle aduring, simple past and past participle adured)

  1. (obsolete) To 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...

Questions about adured

What is adured the simple past and past participle of?
Adured is the simple past and past participle of adure.

Words near adured in the dictionary

  1. aduncity
  2. aduncous
  3. adunque
  4. Adur
  5. adure
  6. adured
  7. aduring
  8. Adurol
  9. ADUs
  10. adusk
  11. adust

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