yore


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yore

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

[Middle English, long ago, time long past, from Old English gēara, geāra, long ago, from genitive pl. of gēar, year; see year.]
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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]
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yore

(yɔr, yoʊr)

n.
1. Chiefly Literary. time past: knights of yore.
adv.
2. Obs. of old; long ago.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English geāra]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.yore - time long past
past, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
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yore

noun
A former period of time or of one's life:
Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days.
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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
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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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References in classic literature ?
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle." "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."
Gliding among them, old Leviathan swam as of yore; was there swimming in that planisphere, centuries before Solomon was cradled.
Rather Cape Tormentoto, as called of yore; for long allured by the perfidious silences that before had attended us, we found ourselves launched into this tormented sea, where guilty beings transformed into those fowls and these fish, seemed condemned to swim on everlastingly without any haven in store, or beat that black air without any horizon.
Also the Old Soldier, on a considerably reduced footing, and by no means so influential as in days of yore!
Tomorrow I may be pillaging your friends as of yore."
Here was Louisa on the night of the same day, watching the fire as in days of yore, though with a gentler and a humbler face.
I ascended it now, in lighter boots than of yore, and tapped in my old way at the door of Miss Havisham's room.
for thy zeal of yore Our country's savior thou art justly hailed: O never may we thus record thy reign:-- "He raised us up only to cast us down." Uplift us, build our city on a rock.
Breakfast was not eaten in the kitchen, because it seemed worth while, now that there were three persons, to lay the cloth in the dining- room; it was also a more bountiful meal than of yore, when there was no child to consider.
The prison on the crag was not so dominant as of yore; there were soldiers to guard it, but not many; there were officers to guard the soldiers, but not one of them knew what his men would do--beyond this: that it would probably not be what he was ordered.