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Yours Moderate

Yours has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Pron

Definitions
Pron
1

That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

"In his heartfelt prayer, the worshiper bowed low and whispered that all glory belonged entirely to Yours."

2

Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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Origin

Yours entered English from Middle English around the 1300s as a possessive form created by adding an -s suffix to "your." This construction replaced the older word "yourn" and was modeled after the similar formation of "his.

Rhyming Words
urs ours burs curs murs lurs furs hours fours cours tours sours slurs blurs thurs pours spurs moeurs scours odours
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