Ma*nure" transitive verb
Etymology
Contr, from OF.
manuvrer,
manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F.
manuvker. See
Manual,
Ure,
Opera, and cf.
Inure.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Manured ; present participle & verbal noun Manuring
Definitions
- To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. Obs.
To whom we gave the strand for to manure.
Surrey.
Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved;
And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
Donne.
- To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.
The blood of English shall manure the ground.
Shak.