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yore

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yore  (yôr, yr)
n.
Time long past: days of yore.

[Middle English, long ago, time long past, from Old English gara, gera, long ago, from genitive pl. of gar, year; see year.]

yore [jɔː]
n
time long past (now only in the phrase of yore)
adv
Obsolete in the past; long ago
[Old English geāra, genitive plural of gēar year; see hour]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.yoreyore - time long past                      
past, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
Translations
yore [jɔːʳ] N (archaic or liter) of yorede antaño, de otro tiempo, de hace siglos
the days of yorelos tiempos de antaño, otros tiempos
yore
n (obs, liter) in days of yorein alten Zeiten; men of yoredie Menschen in alten Zeiten; in the Britain of yoreim Großbritannien längst vergangener Zeiten


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But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore-- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
" "Forbear," said the Miller to him, "harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
 
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