AskDefine | Define yore

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

English

Etymology

etyl ang geara

Pronunciation

  • a RP , /jɔː/, jO:/
  • a US , /joʊr/|/jɔːr/, joUr/|/jO:r
  • Rhymes with: -ɔː(r)

Homophones

Noun

  1. time long past
    This word comes from the days of yore.
  2. misspelling of your

Translations

time long past
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