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Word entry · 5 letters

borne

Best crossword clue

"Supported along"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɔːn/Sorted benorStarts with BEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Carried, supported, or endured.

Word origin

From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”).

Used in a sentence

  • Miranda: I ſhould ſinne / To thinke but Noblie of my Grand-mother, / Good wombes haue borne bad ſonnes.
  • “Can't you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any obloquy with you.[…]”
  • In the last rays of the setting sun, you could pick out far away down the reach his beard borne high up on the white structure, foaming up stream to anchor for the night.

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