"pouren" meaning in Middle English

See pouren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|id=decant}}, {{der|enm|fro-nor|purer|t=to sift (grain), pour out (water)}} Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), {{der|enm|la|pūrō|t=to purify}} Latin pūrō (“to purify”), {{cog|dum|afpuren|t=to pour off, drain}} Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} pouren
  1. (transitive) to pour (something), to decant Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pouren-enm-verb-~arfyMqQ
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to send forth (something); to express Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-pouren-enm-verb-OaXbjNd9
  3. (transitive, reflexive, figuratively) to devote oneself to (something) Tags: figuratively, reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-pouren-enm-verb-Aa3rXIfK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Unknown. 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”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|id=study}}, {{unk|enm}} Unknown, {{der|enm|ang|*purian}} Old English *purian, {{cog|ang|spyrian||to investigate, examine}} Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”), {{cog|dum|poren||to pore, look}} Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), {{cog|nl|porren||to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt}} Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), {{cog|nds|purren||to poke, stir}} Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), {{cog|da|purre||to poke, stir, rouse}} Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), {{cog|sv|pora}} Swedish pora, {{cog|ang|spor||track, trace, vestige}} Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} pouren
  1. (intransitive) to study intently, to pore over Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-pouren-enm-verb-TIDYOWlF Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 4 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 15 4 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 3 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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