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aduring

aduring is the present participle and gerund 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 aduring

What is aduring the present participle and gerund of?
Aduring is the present participle and gerund of adure.

Words near aduring in the dictionary

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

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