Borne
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borne¹
- /bɔːn/ UK
- /boɹn/ US
- [bo̞ɹn] US
- /boːɹn/
- /boən/
Sounds like Borgne, born, bourn, bourne, Bourne (horse–hoarse merger), bawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”).
verb
- past participle of bear Miranda: I ſhould ſinne / To thinke but Noblie of my Grand-mother, / Good wombes haue borne bad ſonnes.
adjective
- carried, supported. In the last rays of the setting sun, you could pick out far away down the reach his beard borne high up on the white structure, foaming up stream to anchor for the night.
Borne²
proper noun Bornes
- A surname.
