rasure

[ rey-zher, -sher ]

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noun

an erasure.

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Word History and Origins

< Middle French < Late Latin rāsūra, equivalent to Latin rās ( us ) (past participle of rādere to scratch, scrape; rasorial, raze ) + -ūra -ure

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Example Sentences

The King sent to the Lords more peremptoryly, and they, with much grumbling, agreed to the rasure.

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When we began to talk of the Lords, the King sent for us alone, and recommended a rasure of all proceedings.

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For like as winter rasure doth alway arase and deface green summer, so fareth it by unstable love in man and woman.

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