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▪ I. † recure, n. Obs. Forms: 5 recur, -cuer, -cuire, -keur, 5–7 recure. [f. next, perh. on analogy of recover n.; very common in the 15–16th c.] Recovery; remedy, succour; cure.1414 Brampton Penit. Ps. (Percy Soc.) 28 Whan I do ony forfeture,..Accepte this, Lord, for ryȝt rekure. c 1480 Henryson Te...
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recurement
† reˈcurement Obs. rare—1. [f. recure v. + -ment.] = recure n.1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xi. 34 And they that Magnifie their follies done Wax Gray in Sin, past all recurement gone.
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recurer
† reˈcurer Obs. rare—1. [f. recure v. + -er1.] One who helps or aids.1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xiii. 26 To the riche desceyued manye ben rekureres [v.r. rekuuerers; L. recuperatores]; he spac proudli and thei iustefieden hym.
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irrecured
† irreˈcured, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. ir-2 + recured, pa. pple. of recure v.] Incurable.1598 Rous Thule ii. i. xxiv, Striking his soule with irrecured wound.
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recureless
† reˈcureless, a. Obs. [f. recure n. + -less.] That cannot be cured; incurable. (Freq. c 1600.)1559 Ferrars in Mirr. Mag., Cobham xxv, The best salue for my recureles sore Was to despaire of cure for euermore. a 1592 Greene Jas. IV, ii. ii, 'Tis foolish to bewail recureless things. c 1611 Chapman Il...
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recour
† reˈcour, n. Obs. Also 5 -owre. [var. of recover n. Cf. recure n.] Recovery, support, help, resource.c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 4452 (Kölbing) Of þat castel hadde socour Þe Sarrazins & gret recour. 1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 543 [Thai] entryt and destroyit the tour, And slew the pupill but recour. 1387–8 T. ...
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empight
† emˈpight, v. Obs. Also 4 enpight. [The pa. tense and pa. pple. of *empitch, f. en- + pitch v.] 1. trans. Fixed in, implanted.c 1400 Test. Love i. (1560) 273 b/2 In you is so mokel werking vertues enpight. 1596 Spenser F.Q. iii. v. 20 Exceeding griefe that wound in him empight. 1642 H. More Song of...
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irrecurable
† irreˈcurable, a. Obs. rare. [f. ir-2 + recure v. + -able.] Incapable of being remedied; incurable; irremediable.a 1548 Hall Chron., 1 Hen. IV (1809) 22 They determined rather to abide in their old Subieccion..then for a Displeasure irrecurable to auenture themselfes on a new and a doubtfull parell...
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fainty
fainty, a. Obs. exc. poet. and dial. (ˈfeɪntɪ) [f. faint a. + -y.] 1. Faint, sickly, languid. In later use chiefly: Inclined to swoon.1530 Tindale Pract. Prelates Wks. II. 257 Faith waxed feeble and fainty. 1586 Cogan Haven Health lxix. (1636) 78 If a man use much Saffron, it will make him very fain...
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unmedicinable
unˈmedicinable, a. [un-1 7 b, 5 b.] 1. Incurable.1575 Gascoigne Glasse of Govt. v. iii, The misgovernment of a mans children..is unto the wysest mynde an unmedicinable wounde. 1624 Heywood Gunaik. iii. 160 To give date unto..thy violent and unmedicinable torture. b. Refusing medical treatment.c 1611...
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smoor
▪ I. smoor, n. Sc. (smur) [f. next.] A stifling or suffocating atmosphere, smoke, etc.; smother.1894 Crockett Raiders xiii. 124 Our cave..was full of the white smoor of gunpowder smoke. 1895 ― Men of Mosshags 106 In the smoor of the snow.▪ II. smoor, v. Sc. and north. dial. (smur) Forms: 6, 9 smure,...
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parted
parted, ppl. a. (ˈpɑːtɪd) I. [pa. pple. of part v.: see -ed1.] 1. Divided into parts; severed, cloven; divided, as the hair, by a parting.1590 Shakes. Mids. N. iv. i. 194 Me-thinks I see these things with parted eye, When euery thing seemes double. 1667 Milton P.L. iv. 302 Hyacinthin Locks Round fro...
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tint
▪ I. tint, n.1 (tɪnt) [app. altered from the earlier tinct, which may already have been so pronounced; but It. tinta tint, hue, may have influenced the technical use in painting.] 1. a. A colour, hue, usually slight or delicate; a tinge; esp. one of the several lighter or deeper shades or varieties,...
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conjure
▪ I. conjure, v. (ˈkʌndʒə(r) and kənˈdʒʊə(r)) Forms: 3–7 coniure, 4 conjoure, -jeoure, -geoure, -gere, counjour, 5 conjuere, -jowre, -jore, (-gure), cunjure, 6 counger, -geir, 4– conjure. [ME., a. OF. conjure-r (cunjurer) = Pr. and Sp. conjurar, It. congiurare:—L. conjūrāre to swear together, to ban...
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