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sepurture

sepurture adjective: of a bird's wings: raised above the back and opened.

Adjective

sepurture (not comparable)

  1. Of a bird's wings: raised above the back and opened.
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Origin of sepurture

Obscure. Early uses are in the phrase in sepurture, suggesting it might have originated as a noun ending in -ure; compare the heraldic use of overture, overt.

Questions about sepurture

What does sepurture mean?
Sepurture means of a bird's wings: raised above the back and opened.
What part of speech is sepurture?
Sepurture is an adjective.

Words near sepurture in the dictionary

  1. Sepulvado
  2. Sepulvados
  3. Sepulveda
  4. Sepulvedas
  5. Sepung Calzada
  6. sepurture
  7. seq
  8. seq.
  9. seqlock
  10. seqlocks
  11. seqq.

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