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sourde

sourde is the alternative form of sourd.

Meaning of sourd

Verb

sourd (third-person singular simple present sourds, present participle sourding, simple past and past participle sourded)

  1. (Early, Modern) 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...

Questions about sourde

What is sourde the alternative form of?
Sourde is the alternative form of sourd.

Words near sourde in the dictionary

  1. sourcing
  2. sourcings
  3. sourcream
  4. sourcrout
  5. sourd
  6. sourde
  7. sourded
  8. sourdeline
  9. sourdelines
  10. sourdine
  11. sourdines

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