▪ I. † eure, n. Obs.
Also 4–6 ure, 5 ewre.
[a. OF. eure, heur, aür, Walloon aweure = Pr. agur, augur, auguri, Sp. agüero, It. augurio:—L. augurium augury, omen; cf. F. bonheur.]
Destiny, fate, whether good or evil; luck.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 312 Tak the vre that god wald send. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v, As the goddes in this myne auenture Lyst to ordeyne for my fatall eure. c 1440 Generydes 2788 Bothe on thei rode to knowe what was ther vre. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 119 The moste and grettest ewre or happe of aman is to have a good felawe. c 1525 Skelton Col. Cloute 1003 He hath good ure Which can hymselfe assure How fortune wyll endure. |
▪ II. † eure, v. Obs.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To destine; to invest with, as by the decree of fate.
| 1428 Will Flore (Somerset Ho.), If god eure him to dye. 1440 Dk. Glouc. Manifesto, Patent Roll 18 Hen. VI pt. iii, The worship that God so long hath eured him with. 1526 Skelton Magnyf. 6 Men nowadayes be so unhappely ured That nothynge than welth may worse be endured. |