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    [Verb]  | "scour" | \ ˈskau̇(-ə)r \


    1: to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing

    2: to remove by rubbing hard and washing

    3: to clear (a region) of enemies or outlaws


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare to clean off, from Latin, to take good care of, from ex- + curare to care for, from cura care;

    [Verb]  | "scour" 


    1: to move about quickly especially in search

    2: to go through or range over in or as if in a search


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English scuren, skouren, probably from scour, noun, (in phrase god scour quickly), perhaps from Old Norse skūr shower; akin to Old English scūr shower {mat|shower|};

    [Adjective]  | "scoured" 


    1: as in scraped, scrubbed;




    [Verb]  | "scoured" 


    1: to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something;


      * e.g., " ... the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic "



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    [Verb]  | "scour" 


    1: to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something;


      * e.g., " ... the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic "



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