Ma‐nure″ (mȧ‐nūr″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Manured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Manuring.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. manœuvrer. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.] 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey.
Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved;
And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne.
2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.
The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak.