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-ure

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-ure

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

Origin:
< French -ure < Latin -ūra
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-ure is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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-ure
 
suffix forming nouns
1.  indicating act, process, or result: seizure
2.  indicating function or office: legislature; prefecture
 
[from French, from Latin -ūra]

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-ure
suffix forming abstract nouns of action, from O.Fr. -ure, from L. -ura.
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