different between ure vs lure

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman *eure, Old French uevre (modern French œuvre), from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of oeuvre and opera.

Noun

ure (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, only in collocations in ure, out of ure) use, practise, exercise.
   • 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, Book 2,^[1]

     I cannot vtter any more, for words waxe out of vre

   • c. 1611, George Chapman (translator), The Iliads of Homer, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 17, p. 248,^[2]

     But come, let vs be sure of this, to put the best in vre

     That lies in vs;

   • 1597-1625, Essays (Francis Bacon) of Francis Bacon, On Simulation and Dissimulation, Random House 1955: Hugh G. Dick, p. 19 ^[3]

     ...it maketh him practise simulation in other things, lest his hand should be out of ure

Derived terms

• inure

Verb

ure (third-person singular simple present ures, present participle uring, simple past and past participle ured)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
   • 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia (1516) by Thomas More, edited by William Dallam Armes, New York: Macmillan, 1912, Book 1, p. 37,^[4]

     […] the French soldiers […] from their youth have been practised and ured in feats of arms […]

Etymology 2

From Latin ?rus. Perhaps a doublet of owre.

Noun

ure (plural ures) (rare)

1. Synonym of aurochs

Usage notes

Ure-ox is more common; compare aurochs (ultimately from Old High German ?rohso, from ?ro (“aurochs”) + ohso (“ox”)).

Related terms

• aurochs, owre (perhaps related)
• urus

Anagrams

• ERU, EUR, Eur., Rue, eur-, eur., rue

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.r?/

Noun

ure

1. plural of uur

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù??é/

Noun

ure (Kana spelling ??)

1. (anatomy) foot

   Synonym: cikiri

Ambai

Alternative forms

• uren
• ure?

Noun

ure

1. eye

Danish

Noun

ure n

1. indefinite plural of ur

Eastern Arrernte

Noun

ure

1. fire

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

ure

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Verb

?re

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?r?

Middle English

Determiner

ure

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?ser – Northumbrian or poetic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?.re/

Determiner

?re

1. our

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: oure
  • English: our
    • Northumbrian: wor, oor
  • Scots: oor, wir

Pronoun

?re

1. genitive of w?: ours, of us

Rapa Nui

Noun

ure

1. penis

Usage notes

Largely considered archaic; replaced by a Tahitian term.

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *l?þr, from Proto-Germanic *l?þr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l(j)??/, /l??(?)/, /l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l???/, /l??/, /l?/
• Homophone: lore (some accents)
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. (also figuratively) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
2. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
3. (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
4. A velvet smoothing brush.

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Translations

Verb

lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)

1. To attract by temptation etc.

   Synonym: entice

2. (falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.

Related terms

• allure

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. A trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, etc.

Anagrams

• ReLU, Ruel, Rule, rule

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

1. definite singular of lur
2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German luren

Verb

lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)

1. to deceive, trick
2. to lurk
3. to wonder (på / about)

References

• “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

1. definite of lur
2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

Verb

lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

1. Alternative form of lura

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish

Noun

lure f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)

1. lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)

Descendants

• English: lure

References

• lure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub