The Collaborative Dictionary
Yore \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] [1913 Webster] As it hath been
of olde times yore. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Which though he hath
polluted oft and yore, Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.
--Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Of yore, of old
time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. "But Satan now is
wiser than of yore." --Pope. [1913 Webster] Where Abraham fed his
flock of yore. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
Word Net
yore n : the time that has elapsed; "forget the
past" [syn:
past,
past times,
yesteryear] [ant:
future]
Moby Thesaurus
auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of
old, days of yore, early times,
eld,
foretime, good old times, lang
syne, long ago, old days, old story, old times, olden times, same
old story, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, way back,
yesterday,
yesteryear,
yoretime