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yore

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun yore has 1 sense
  1. past, past times, yesteryear, yore - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
    --1 is a kind of time
    --1 has particulars:
     bygone, water under the bridge; old; history; time immemorial, time out of mind; auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, the good old days; yesterday

Definitions from the Web

Yore

Definition:

noun

  1. (archaic) Times long past; former days or years.

Sense 1:

noun

  1. (literary) A distant or former time; bygone era.

Sample Sentence:

Back in the yore of knights and castles, chivalry was highly esteemed.

Sense 2:

noun

  1. (archaic) Legendary or fictional past.

Sample Sentence:

In the tales of yore, brave warriors fought against mythical creatures.

Sense 3:

noun

  1. (informal) Reminiscing about the past.

Sample Sentence:

Grandfather loves to tell stories of yore about his adventures as a young sailor.

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