Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of unborn.

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  • verb transitive To relieve from boredom.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ bore

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Examples

  • If you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.

    Thoughts 2010

  • Rose felt right down at her very roots that if you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.

    The Enchanted April 1922

  • Rose felt right down at her very roots that if you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.

    The Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnim 1903

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