borne

[ bawrn, bohrn ]

/ bɔrn, boʊrn /

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verb

a past participle of bear¹.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH borne

born, borne (see confusables note at born)

Words nearby borne

borna disease, born-again, born-again Christian, born and bred, born-digital, borne, Bornean, Borneo, Borneo elephant, borneol, born-free

Other definitions for borne (2 of 2)

borne²

[ bohrn, bawrn ]

/ boʊrn, bɔrn /

noun

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

Origin of borne

<French: pillar; see bourn²

How to use borne in a sentence

The most egregious uses of lethal force have been borne by people with intellectual disabilities and children.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls|Emily Shire|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Graffiti was borne out of the South Bronx streets as one of the key pillars of the hip-hop movement.
Catch Him If You Can: Reliving Banksy’s New York Invasion|Alex Suskind|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No city has borne a greater share of pain from the fracturing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel than Héctor's beloved Acapulco.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And since 2000, the White House briefing room has borne his name.
Jim Brady, Reagan’s Gentle ‘Bear’ Who Roared Back to Life After Being Shot|Eleanor Clift|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For more than two hundred years, human rights have been (as the term implies) rights borne by individuals.
At the United Nations, It’s Human Rights, Putin-Style|Jay Michaelson|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All parties have borne testimony to the value of his services, and the eminence of his talents.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The authorization borne by him was very extraordinary and had a great excess of the ordinary warrants.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A chair covered with red silk, borne on the shoulders of sixteen chair-men, passed up to the temple.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel who are carried by my bowels, are borne up by my womb.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The lively one had forgotten altogether about the unknown girl she and Jessie had seen borne away in the big French car.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

British Dictionary definitions for borne

borne

/ (bɔːn) /

verb

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

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