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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ur \Ur\, Ure \Ure\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The urus. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ure \Ure\, n. [OE. ure, OF oevre, ovre, ouvre, work F. [oe]uvre, L. opera. See {Opera}, {Operate}, and cf {Inure}, {Manure}.] Use practice; exercise. [Obs.] --Fuller. Let us be sure of this to put the best in ure That lies in us --Chapman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ure \Ure\, v. t. To use to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice. [Obs.] The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been practiced and ured in feats of arms. --Sir T. More From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Urus \U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus or primigenius}) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[ae]sar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also {ur}, {ure}, and {tur}.
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