different between ure vs yure

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

Determiner

yure

1. Pronunciation spelling of your.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

yure (uncountable)

1. (Yorkshire, Lancashire) hair

Etymology 3

From Middle English ?owre, from Old Norse júr, júgr (“udder”), from Proto-Germanic *eudar?, *?dar?. More at udder.

Alternative forms

• ewer, ure

Noun

yure (plural yures)

1. (Britain, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) udder

Anagrams

• Eury, Urey, eury-

Middle English

Determiner

yure

1. Alternative form of youre