in ure

English

Adjective

in ure

  1. (obsolete) In use, in practice.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 30:
      As we see some idle-fallow grounds, if they be fat and fertile, to bring foorth store and sundrie rootes of wilde and unprofitable weeds, and that to keep them in ure we must subject and imploy them with certaine seeds for use and service.

Adverb

in ure

  1. (obsolete) Into use, into practice.

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