sourd
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Early/suːrd/
sourd verb: to arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.
Verb
sourd (third-person singular simple present sourds, present participle sourding, simple past and past participle sourded)
- To arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.
- […]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]1531, Thomas Elyot, “The Best Governance”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton...
- Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]1560, “Pſalme. xxxvi”, in Matthew Parker, The whole Pſalter tranſlated into Engliſh metre […] , Iohn Daye, page 98
Forms of sourd
| third-person singular present | sourds |
|---|---|
| present participle | sourding |
| past participle | sourded |
| past | sourded |
| alternative form | sourde |
Origin of sourd
Inherited from Middle English sourden, from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgō, contraction of earlier subrigō. Compare source. Doublet of surge.
Questions about sourd
- What does sourd mean?
- Sourd means to arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.
- What part of speech is sourd?
- Sourd is a verb.
- How do you pronounce sourd?
- Sourd is pronounced /suːrd/ (Early).
- What is the past tense of sourd?
- The past tense of sourd is sourded.
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