combure
/kəmˈbjʊə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Vſe combured Hartshorne, or pulveriſated Coralle in vvine."
- "[…] they add to it Betele, which like the Jvie leafe involves the Arec and combured oyſter-ſhells, a chalky ſubſtance, good in operative property, as colouring their white teeth to a pure crimſon; it alſo ſweetens the breath, kills wormes, giddies the braine, dries rheumes, helps Venus, and begets an appetite."
- "A first one of latency, or of insertion of the virus—the poisoning proper—in which the germ is sunk in the system; and that of pullutation, or proliferation, in which new germs pervade the organism, which will try to throw them off by all its possible issues, or to combure them by excessive ustions; either of which alternate efforts of nature we call the disease."
Etymology
From Latin combūrere.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: comburo
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kəmˈbjʊə/