- yore
- yore O.E. geara (adv.) "of yore," originally genitive plural of gear (see YEAR (Cf. year)), and used without of.
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yore De'a — Yore Dea Littérature rabbinique Littérature de Hazal Mishna • Tossefta Guemara • Talmud Talmud de Jérusalem Talmud de Babylone Traités mineurs Baraïta Midrash Halakha Baraïta de Rabbi Ishmaël Mekhilta deRabbi I … Wikipédia en Français
Yore De'ah — Yore Dea Littérature rabbinique Littérature de Hazal Mishna • Tossefta Guemara • Talmud Talmud de Jérusalem Talmud de Babylone Traités mineurs Baraïta Midrash Halakha Baraïta de Rabbi Ishmaël Mekhilta deRabbi I … Wikipédia en Français
yore — [jo: US jo:r] n [: Old English; Origin: gearu long ago , from gear; YEAR] of yore literary existing a long time ago ▪ in days of yore … Dictionary of contemporary English
yore — [ jɔr ] noun of yore LITERARY from a period in history a very long time ago: days of yore … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
yore — ► NOUN (in phrase of yore) literary ▪ of former times or long ago. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
yore — [yôr] adv. [ME < OE geara, adv. formation < gear,YEAR] Obs. long ago; in times long past n. time long past: now only in of yore, formerly … English World dictionary
yöre — yöre, çevre, bir ;eyin etraf ı III, 24bkz: yere, yüre … Divan-i Luqat-i it-Türk Dizini
yore — [[t]jɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] PHRASE: n PHR, than PHR Of yore is used to refer to a period of time in the past. [JOURNALISM or, LITERARY] The images provoked strong surges of nostalgia for the days of yore... Suburbia is a sadder place than of yore. Syn: of… … English dictionary
yore — noun Etymology: Middle English, from yore, adverb, long ago, from Old English gēara, from gēar year more at year Date: 14th century time past and especially long past usually used in the phrase of yore … New Collegiate Dictionary
