borne

1
[ bawrn, bohrn ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of bear1.

Words that may be confused with borne

  • born, borne (see confusables note at born)

Other definitions for borne (2 of 2)

borne2
[ bohrn, bawrn ]

noun
  1. a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.

Origin of borne

2
<French: pillar; see bourn2

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British Dictionary definitions for borne

borne

/ (bɔːn) /


verb
  1. for all active uses of the verb, the past participle of bear 1

  2. for all passive uses of the verb except sense 4 unless followed by by, the past participle of bear 1

  1. be borne in on or be borne in 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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