Complete Definition of "borne"

English

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/b��n/
a|US IPA|/b��rn/
rhymes|��(r)n

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. rfv-sense carried, supported.

#*1901 - w:Joseph Conrad|Joseph Conrad, s:Falk|Falk: A Reminiscence
#*: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.

Quotations
rfdate - w:Oscar Wilde|Oscar Wilde, s:Rome Unvisited|Rome Unvisited
:When, bright with purple and with gold, <br/>Come priest and holy cardinal, <br/>And borne above the heads of all <br/>The gentle Shepherd of the Fold.
c.2000 - s:David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt|David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, II
:Irving is further required, as a matter of practice, to spell out what he contends are the specific defamatory meanings borne by those passages.

Translations
Dutch: gedragen, ondersteund
Spanish: soportar|soportado, aguantar|aguantado

Verb
borne

#past participle of|bear

Category:English irregular past participles


French

Noun
borne

  1. border

Category:French nouns

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