noun
Meaning 1
Powder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
pulver
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CMU ARPABET: P UH1 L V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To pulverise; to make into powder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English pulver, from Latin pulver-, pulvis. Doublet of powder.
From Middle English (participle pulvered), from the noun or Latin pulverō.
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