Mure

//mjʊə(ɹ)// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    wall obsolete

    "Th' incessant care and labour of his mind Hath wrought the mure that should confine it in"

  2. 2
    husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    to wall in or fortify obsolete
  2. 2
    To enclose or imprison within walls. archaic

    "Therewith he mured up his mouth along, And therein shut up his blasphemous tong"

Adjective
  1. 1
    mural (as a postmodifier) not-comparable, obsolete

Example

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"Th' incessant care and labour of his mind Hath wrought the mure that should confine it in"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English muren, from Middle French murer, from Old French murer (“to close by a wall”), from Late Latin mūrō, mūrāre, from Latin mūrus (“wall”). Related to German Mauer (“wall”).

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