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▪ I. † eure, n. Obs.
Also 4–6 ure, 5 ewre.
[a. OF. eure, heur, aür, Walloon aweure = Pr. agur, augur, auguri, Sp. agüero, It. augurio:—L. augurium augury, omen; cf. F. bonheur.]
Destiny, fate, whether good or evil; luck.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 312 Tak the vre that god wald send. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v, As the goddes in this myne auenture Lyst to ordeyne for my fatall eure. c1440Generydes 2788 Bothe on thei rode to knowe what was ther vre. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 119 The moste and grettest ewre or happe of aman is to have a good felawe. c1525Skelton Col. Cloute 1003 He hath good ure Which can hymselfe assure How fortune wyll endure.
▪ II. † eure, v. Obs.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To destine; to invest with, as by the decree of fate.
1428Will Flore (Somerset Ho.), If god eure him to dye. 1440Dk. Glouc. Manifesto, Patent Roll 18 Hen. VI pt. iii, The worship that God so long hath eured him with. 1526Skelton Magnyf. 6 Men nowadayes be so unhappely ured That nothynge than welth may worse be endured. |