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mure

[ myoor ]

noun

  1. Obsolete. a wall.


verb (used with object)

, mured, mur·ing.
  1. to immure.

mure

/ mjʊə /

verb

  1. tr an archaic or literary word for immure


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mure1

1400–50; late Middle English muren (v.) < Middle French murer < Late Latin mūrāre verbal derivative of Latin mūrus wall

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mure1

C14: from Old French murer, from Latin mūrus wall

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Example Sentences

Mure's and Talfourd's Histories of Greek literature are put forth in new editions.

One of his victims was Mure Ferguson, whom he beat by eight and seven.

Murrain (or morena in Latin chronicles) is probably the modern survival of mure or murre.

The use of the word mure in the St Albans Chronicle is just a century later.

Bunch had issued to Mure a paper which the latter regarded as a passport, as did the United States.

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