Manured

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Manure \Ma*nure"\ (m[.a]*n[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manured}
     (m[.a]*n[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Manuring}.] [Contr, from
     OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate
     by manual labor, F. man[oe]uvrer. See {Manual}, {Ure},
     {Opera}, and cf. {Inure}.]
     1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop


        by culture. [Obs.]
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              To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey.
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              Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved;
              And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
                                                    --Donne.
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     2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application
        of a fertilizing substance.
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              The blood of English shall manure the ground.
                                                    --Shak.
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