URE

¹

1. Undergraduate Record Examination.

-ure

²

1. an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwords from French and Latin:

   pressure; legislature.

-ure

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating act, process, or result

   seizure

2. indicating function or office

   prefecture

   legislature

Word History and Origins

Origin of URE¹

< French -ure < Latin -ūra

Word History and Origins

Origin of URE¹

from French, from Latin -ūra

Example Sentences

In Wensleydale the progress of the Ure is broken by several fine waterfalls, notably the cataracts at Aysgarth.

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Exceedingly pretty, if scant, monastic ruins are passed by the Ure at Jervaulx, just before Wensleydale comes to an end.

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On his time e iudeus of Noruuic bohton an xpisten cild be foren estren pineden him alle e ilce pining ure drihten was pined.

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Nime we enne geme gif ure procession bi maked after ure helendes procession.

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More mihte do ure helende enne e holi word e he urh his mu spec.

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