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   { Ur , Ure }, n. (Zool.) The urus.
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   Ure , n. [OE. ure, OF. oevre, ovre, ouvre, work, F. œuvre, L. opera. See Opera, Operate, and cf. Inure, Manure.] Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.]
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   Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure
   That lies in us.
   Chapman.
   
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   Ure, v. t. To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice. [Obs.]
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   The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been practiced and ured in feats of arms.
   Sir T. More.
   
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   ‖Urus , n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.] (Zool.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
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