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Inure.] 1. 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.

2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by
the application of a fertilizing substance.

The blood of English shall manure the
ground.

Shak.

Ma*nure" (m&adot;*nūr"), n.
Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance,
as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or
vegetable substances, etc. Dryden.

Ma*nure"ment, n. [Cf. OF.
manouvrement.] Cultivation. [Obs.] W.
Wotton.

Ma*nur"er (?), n. One who manures
land.

Ma*nu"ri*al (?), a. Relating to
manures.

Ma*nur"ing (?), n. The act of
process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

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