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-ure

 
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an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwords from French and Latin: pressure; legislature.
Origin:
< F -ure < L -ūra
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-ure  
suff.  

  1. Act; process; condition: erasure.

    1. Function; office: judicature.

    2. Body performing a function: legislature.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ūra.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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