English → Latin
“sear” in Latin
ūrōto burn, consume, inflame; especially of the emotions: to inflame with passion, love or lust; burn, set afire or on fireū̆stulōto scorch or singe; to burn up; consume with fireambūrōto burn superficially, scorch, to burn wholly, singe, char; to frostbitedūrōto harden, make hard; to last or endure; to dryanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, dūrēscōto harden, grow hardobdūrēscōto harden; to become insensible, obdurate; to endure, be persistentindūrēscōto harden, set, become hard
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sear v.
PROP., urere: ustulare: amburere.
Figuratively, durare (e.g., animum or se). To be seared, durescere: obdurescere: indurescere
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sear?
- The usual Latin words for “sear” are ūrō, ū̆stulō, ambūrō; also dūrō, animus, dūrēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.