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pore
I. \ˈpō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pouren, puren
intransitive verb
1. : to gaze intently or fixedly : look searchingly : stare
< pored … on her lovely and large brown eyes — Edmund Wilson >
< those who pore over the microscope — R.W.Morin >
2. : to devote oneself to attentive reading : be deep in study — used chiefly with over
< pored over every single page of that thick novel — H.W.Carter >
3. : to reflect or mediate steadily : ponder — used with on or upon
< began to pore upon religious problems — Cecil Sprigge >
4. archaic : to peer nearsightedly
transitive verb
: to bring to some state by poring
< pored himself blind >
< pored her eyes out over his letters >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English poore, pore, from Middle French pore, from Latin porus, from Greek poros passage, pore — more at fare
1.
a. : a minute opening especially in an animal or plant by which matter passes through a membrane
b. : the cross section of a vessel element or tracheid often including both lumen and wall
c. : germ pore
2.
a. : a small interstice (as in stone) admitting absorption or passage of liquid
b. : such interstices indicating density
< a mineral's fine pores >
3. : one of countless minute darkish dots mottling the sun |