poure

Middle English

Adjective

poure

  1. poor

Noun

poure

  1. Obsolete spelling for purpose
    • Turner, William I. A New Herball, Wherein are Conteyned the Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englijsh, Duch, Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin (etc.). United Kingdom, Steven Mierdman, 1551.
    "The poure of this herbe is to bynde and to coule."
    Modern English:
    "The purpose of this herb is to bind and to cool."
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