Home › Words › A › adureadureadure means to burn, completely or slightly.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin adūrō.verbTo burn, completely or slightly.e.g.“Such a degree of heat, which doth neither melt nor scorch, doth mellow, and not adure.” — 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.adusted 65% match — Adust, burnt. vs adure →underburn 64% match — To burn up. vs adure →outburn 64% match — To burn away; be consumed by fire. vs adure →forburn 62% match — To destroy or damage by burning. vs adure →aburn 62% match — burning vs adure →bren 61% match — To burn (to set ablaze). vs adure →burny 60% match — Tending to burn. vs adure →burnt 59% match — Damaged or injured by fire or heat. vs adure →