rasure

[ rey-zher, -sher ]

noun

1. an erasure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rasure¹

< Middle French < Late Latin rāsūra, equivalent to Latin rās ( us ) (past participle of rādere to scratch, scrape; rasorial, raze ) + -ūra -ure

Example Sentences

“Pompeo’s pitch to the Party was: I’m going to run this thing like a business,” Dan Rasure, who helped Pompeo in that race, told me.

From The New Yorker

Coming into the state G.O.P. convention, Pompeo believed that he “had the race sewn up,” Rasure said, but Kobach flipped a bloc of votes, and won.

From The New Yorker

Rasure stayed in touch with Pompeo, and persuaded him to become the first investor in his new alternative-energy startup, Sunflower Wind, which planned to make wind turbines.

From The New Yorker

“I would never bet against Pompeo,” Rasure told me.

From The New Yorker

Christine Rasure, of the Greater St. Louis Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, confirmed Monday that Askew was a volunteer with the organization.

From Seattle Times