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pulver

pulver noun: powder.

Noun

pulver (countable and uncountable, plural pulvers)

  1. (obsolete) Powder.
    • Take fine Suger ℔ ß. Spec. Diarhod. Abbatis ʒ ß. vvhyte Ambre beinge pulverzatede like meale ʒ jß. vvhyt povvndede Muſtarde ſeede, ʒ ß. Annis, and Fennelle Oyle. or in place therof, ℥ j ß. of Aqva vitæ, fine totalle, and not foraminatede Pearles, beinge verye ſmalle pulverizatede ʒ ß. you muſt...1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer [i.e., Oswald Gaebelkhover], translated by A. M., The Boock of Physicke […], Dort: […] Isaack Gaen [i.e., Isaac Jansz], pages 27–28
    • This also was a new tinder that did quickly fyre the puluer of discention, which blew wp the bulwarke of this once so hopefull and so happie a freindshipe, and rankled the old wound, and brought it anew a blooding; […]c. 1650, Patrick Gordon, A Short Abridgement of Britane’s Distemper, from the Yeare of God M.DC.XXXIX. to M.DC.XLIX, Aberdeen: […] Spalding Club, published 1844, page 175

Verb

pulver (third-person singular simple present pulvers, present participle pulvering, simple past and past participle pulvered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To pulverise; to make into powder.

pulver meaning in Urdu

pulver in Urdu

سفوف

Examples of pulver in a sentence

  • Abbatis ʒ ß. vvhyte Ambre beinge pulverzatede like meale ʒ jß. vvhyt povvndede Muſtarde ſeede, ʒ ß.1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer [i.e., Oswald Gaebelkhover], translated by A. M., The Boock of Physicke […], Dort: […] Isaack Gaen [i.e., Isaac...
  • Then out of the stain and rash furor, the passionate pulver of stone, / The trembling suffusion that dazzled and awfully shone, / Chamelion-convulsion of color, hilarious ranges of glare— […]1889, Madison J[ulius] Cawein, “Chords”, in Accolon of Gaul, with Other Poems, Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton & Company, canto VII, stanza...

Forms of pulver

Noun
pluralpulvers
Verb
third-person singular presentpulvers
present participlepulvering
past participlepulvered
pastpulvered

Origin of pulver

From Middle English pulver, from Latin pulver-, pulvis. Doublet of powder.

From Middle English (participle pulvered), from the noun or Latin pulverō.

Questions about pulver

What does pulver mean?
Pulver means powder.
What is pulver in Urdu?
Pulver in Urdu is سفوف. See Pulver meaning in Urdu.
How do you use pulver in a sentence?
Abbatis ʒ ß. vvhyte Ambre beinge pulverzatede like meale ʒ jß. vvhyt povvndede Muſtarde ſeede, ʒ ß.
What part of speech is pulver?
Pulver can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of pulver?
The plural of pulver is pulvers.

Words near pulver in the dictionary

  1. Pulungmasle
  2. Pulupandan
  3. pulut hitam
  4. pulutan
  5. Puluwat
  6. pulver
  7. pulverable
  8. pulveraceous
  9. pulveral
  10. pulverate
  11. pulverated

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