mure
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of mure
1400–50; late Middle English muren (v.) < Middle French murer < Late Latin mūrāre verbal derivative of Latin mūrus wall
Example Sentences
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"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."
From Time Magazine Archive
They are brought into a cavern, the entrance to which Roger is ordered to mure up.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
And he had let mure all the mountain about with a strong wall and a fair.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
Catus cum mure, duo galli simul in aede, Et glotes binae nunquam vivunt sine lite.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
Next we drove to San Paolo fuori le mure, of the burning of which Thorwaldsen's Museum possesses a painting by Leopold Robert, but which at that time had been entirely re-built in the antique style.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen
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