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urere [CL] 1 to damage or destroy by burning (with fire, flame, or sim.), burn; b (of fire, flame, or sim.); c (pr. ppl. as adj.). d to injure by burning (with fire, flame, or sim.), burn (also transf. w. ref. to scalding, etc.). e to expose to the action of fire, flame, or sim.. f to cauterize. si haec contempseris, scias te inextricabilibus tenebrosisque ignium torrentibus jamjamque inferni rotandum urendumque Gildas EB 29; c800 ut plangam die ac nocte non Jerusalem Babilonio igne usturam sed animam Sodomitanis flammis arsuram Alcuin Ep. 294; martires ‥ flammis injecti ‥ orantes ut urerentur Ord. Vit. XIII 5 p. 8; Varro ‥ dicit, pyras cupresso circumdari propter gravem ustorum cadaverum odorem Alb. Lond. DG 6. 28; uritur panis tuus igne, fili (Finanus 88) VSH II 88. b nutricis suae habitacula ab urente flamma ‥ custodivit V. Cuthb. II 7; ignis duplicem habere vim soleat urendi scilicet et lucendi Bede Tab. 467D; 793 sempiternum ‥ ignem, qui urit inextinguibiliter cadentes in illum Alcuin Ep. 18; que [femoralia cilicina] ille [cubicularius] igni tradidit sed ea ignis allambens innoxie non urebat V. Edm. Rich P 1802C; 1327 ne hujusmodi fumigacio ‥ flammas ardentes et urentes producat ‥ Lit. Cant. I 226. c purgationis ignibus, quanquam non perennibus, gravissimis tamen et urentissimis Gir. PI I 20 p. 124. d ignibus usta feris virgo non cessit Agathe / Eulalia et perfert ignibus usta feris Bede HE IV 20; monachus ‥ aquam ‥ intrans, ibi morari nequaquam valuit, quia unda illa quasi ignis eum urebat (Lasrianus 12) VSH II 133; queritur quare aliquis stans in aqua calida minus uritur cum non movet eam aut se Quaest. Salern. B 213. e [spiritus] semper uritur nec comburitur, semper ad penas sumitur nec consumitur Gir. GE II 3. f cauterium, ferrum quo uruntur infirmi Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 145; hoc erit non molli via mederi, set urere ac secare Bacon Mor. Phil. 118. 2 (astr., of sun) to burn in (constellation). urebat binis sol Egoceronta diebus G. Wint. Epigr. Hist. 4. 3 (of weather condition or sim.) to scorch, burn (also w. ref. to sim. effect of intense cold). si non tanto brevior quanto ardentior Lybiam dies ureret, totam nimirum jam dudum absumeret Bede TR 7; Jacob ‥ in pascendis pecoribus aestu urebatur et gelu Id. Luke 335C; c795 omnis decor ‥ urente percussa vento, flaccescit Alcuin Ep. 86; urido, ventis †urenis [l. urens] GlC U 284; pruina ‥ quia urit sicut ignis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 428; ventus urens, calidus auster scilicet, qui levare solet locustas [Exod. x 3] Andr. S. Vict. Hept. 109; s1292 ventus validus herbas urendo exaruit Plusc. VIII 17; marcescunt per venti urentis malignitatem Holcot Wisd. 146. 4 to cause a burning sensation in or on, to make burn. ad hanc vocem acri dolores urere oculum regis intollerabiliter ceperunt (Mochoemog 19) VSH II 174. 5 to cause (person) to burn, inflame (with emotion): a (w. ref. to love, passion, desire, etc.); b (w. ref. to resentment, jealousy, grief, anxiety, etc.). a quem crimina nimirum voluptatis urebant Bede Cant. 1069D; uror ‥ amore Ygerne. nec periculum corporis mei evadere existimo nisi ea potitus fuero G. Mon. VIII 19; si sancta electorum pectora zelus urebat Ailr. Serm. 50. 14; angele ‥ / qui ‥ / ‥ nos esse novos cupis et sine crimine justos / renes ure meos ardore libidinis ustos R. Cant. Poems 293. 18. b pro invidia qua clerici contra monachos urebantur Ord. Vit. XII 31 p. 431; c1178 arguit ‥ meam et fortius urit conscientiam quod ‥ Ch. Sal. 41; miror cur stultis placet anceps pompula mundi, / quod curis multis cor torquet et urit habundi Walt. Wimb. Scel. 4. 6 (intr.) to undergo burning, burn (also transf.). 798 de natura lunae aliqua addidit interrogare: si frigidae esset naturae, quomodo ureret? Alcuin Ep. 149; cerne quot invidie, quot suspiciones, quot zelantis animi urentia flagra quietem mentis excludunt Ailr. Comp. Spec. Car. I 25. 528; urere quos cernis panes girare moraris / cum nimium gaudes hos manducare calentes M. Par. Maj. I 411; [mulier] diutius accensa fervet, et ideo urit diutius Gilb. VII 308. 2; 1336 Jacob, qui die noctuque gelu urebat et estu, pro amoris magnitudine serviens pro Rachele Lit. Cant. II 115.

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