Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
Use, practise, exercise.
From Middle English ure, from Anglo-Norman *ure, Old French uevre (modern French œuvre), from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of oeuvre, opera, and opus.
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