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pouren

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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    Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”),[1][2] from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”).

    Verb

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    pouren

    1. (transitive) to pour (something), to decant
    2. (transitive, figuratively) to send forth (something); to express
    3. (transitive, reflexive, figuratively) to devote oneself to (something)
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    • English: pour

    Etymology 2

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      Unknown.[3] Perhaps from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), dialectal Swedish pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”).[4]

      Verb

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      pouren

      1. (intransitive) to study intently, to pore over
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      References

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      1. ^ “pour, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
      2. ^ “pǒuren, v.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
      3. ^ “pore, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
      4. ^ “pǒuren, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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