different between depure vs demure

English

Etymology

From French dépurer. See depurate.

Verb

depure (third-person singular simple present depures, present participle depuring, simple past and past participle depured)

1. (obsolete) to depurate; to purify
   • 1532-1533, Thomas More, Confutation of Tyndale's Answer

     be depured and clensed byfore that he shall be layed vppe for pure golde in the treasours of god

Anagrams

• Dupree, Perdue, perdue, pureed, puréed

Portuguese

Verb

depure

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of depurar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of depurar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of depurar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of depurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?pu?e/, [d?e?pu.?e]

Verb

depure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of depurar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of depurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of depurar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English demure, demwre, of uncertain formation, but probably from Old French meur (Modern French mûr) from Latin maturus. The "de-" is "of", as in "of maturity".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??mj??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??mj??/

Distinguish from pronunciation of demur

• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

demure (comparative demurer, superlative demurest)

1. (usually of women) Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.

   She is a demure young lady.

   • 1881, William Black, The Beautiful Wretch

     Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
2. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
   • c. 1824, Mary Russell Mitford, Walks in the Country

     Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.

Derived terms

• as demure as a whore at a christening
• demurely
• demureness

Translations

Verb

demure (third-person singular simple present demures, present participle demuring, simple past and past participle demured)

1. (obsolete) To look demurely.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (act 4, scene 16, line 30)

     Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes […] shall acquire no Honour Demuring upon me.