Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To burn completely or partially; calcine, scorch, or parch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To burn up.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To burn up.

Etymologies

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Latin adurere; ad + urere to burn.

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