Cere Definition

sîr
cered, ceres, cering
verb
To wrap in or as in a cerecloth.
Webster's New World

To wax; to cover or close with wax.

Wiktionary
noun
A waxy, often brightly colored, fleshy area at the base of the beak of some birds, as the parrot, eagle, hawk, etc.: it contains the nostrils.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cere

Noun

Singular:
cere
Plural:
Ceres

Origin of Cere

  • Middle English sere from Old French cire from Medieval Latin cēra from Latin wax cerate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English ceren, ciren from Old French cirer to cover with wax from Latin cērāre cerate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”), or via Latin cero (“I cere”).

    From Wiktionary

Cere Sentence Examples

  • This baptism may not be conferred until the candidate has reached an age of discrimination and capacity to remember obligations, p y cere seven years being fixed as the earliest age, but it is generally deferred until manhood.

  • He further declared that even exceptional qualities and endowments in a cere valuable in ving him the absolute disposal of all members of the Society in every place and for every purpose.

  • The bird was in a mesh fronted cage and no longer had a cere, just a bloody lump of pulp.

  • An adult male bird will show a blue cere; and a female will show a brown one.

  • The dark morph also has a red cere and legs but is predominantly black with the exception of gray barring on the tail.

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Words Starting With

CCECER

Words Ending With

EREERE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CE & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With RE

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With C4 Letter Words Ending With E