combure

Verb

combure (third-person singular simple present combures, present participle comburing, simple past and past participle combured)

1. (rare, transitive) To burn up, to burn away, to consume with fire.
   • Vſe combured Hartshorne, or pulveriſated Coralle in vvine.1599, The Boocke of Physicke, page 129
   • […] they add to it Betele, which like the Jvie leafe involves the Arec and combured oyſter-ſhells, a chalky ſubſtance, good in operative property, as colouring their white teeth to a pure crimſon; it alſo ſweetens the breath, kills wormes, giddies the braine, dries rheumes, helps Venus, and begets...1638, Some Yeares Travels, page 28

   Synonyms:

   combust, burn, burn away, burn down, burn up, burn to a crisp, char up, cinder, cremate, forburn