Meaning of YORE
| Pronunciation: | | yowr
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| | Definition: | | [n] the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" |
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| | Synonyms: | | past, past times, yesteryear |
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| | Antonyms: | | future, futurity, hereafter, time to come | | |
| | See Also: | | auld langsyne, bygone, history, langsyne, old, old times, the good old days, time, time immemorial, time out of mind, water under the bridge, yesterday | |
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| | Definition: | | \Yore\ (y[=o]r), adv. [OE. [yogh]ore, yare, [yogh]are, AS.
ge['a]ra;akin to ge['a]r a year, E. year. [root]204. See
{Year}.]
In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]
As it hath been of olde times yore. --Chaucer.
Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, Yet I to
them for judgment just do fly. --Spenser.
{Of yore}, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of
yore. ``But Satan now is wiser than of yore.'' --Pope.
Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. --Keble.
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