Borne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɔːn/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Borne is a verb meaning past participle of bear.
Meaning
past participle of bear.
More Meanings
- carried, supported.
Example Sentences
Miranda: I ſhould ſinne / To thinke but Noblie of my Grand-mother, / Good wombes haue borne bad ſonnes.
When, bright with purple and with gold, Come priest and holy Cardinal, And borne above the heads of all The gentle Shepherd of the Fold.
“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.[…]”
Irving is further required, as a matter of practice, to spell out what he contends are the specific defamatory meanings borne by those passages.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include loading, handled, transported, guarded, passed, affixed.
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