borne (bôrn, b rn)v. A past participle of bear1. |
borne [bɔːn]
vb
1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the past participle of bear1 (for all active uses of the verb; also for all passive uses except sense 4 unless followed by by)
be borne in on or upon (of a fact) to be realized by (someone) it was borne in on us how close we had been to disaster
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