URE

-ure

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

-ure

suffix forming nouns

Origin of URE¹

< French -ure < Latin -ūra

Origin of URE¹

from French, from Latin -ūra

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

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

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

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

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

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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