borne

¹

[ bawrn, bohrn ]

verb

1. a past participle of bear ¹.

borne

²

[ bohrn, bawrn ]

noun

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

borne

/ bɔːn /

verb

1. See bear
   for all active uses of the verb, the past participle of bear 1
2. See bear
   for all passive uses of the verb except sense 4 unless followed by by, the past participle of bear 1
3. be borne in on
   be borne in onbe borne in upon (of a fact) to be realized by (someone)

   it was borne in on us how close we had been to disaster

Word History and Origins

Origin of borne¹

< French: pillar; bourn ²

Example Sentences

The most egregious uses of lethal force have been borne by people with intellectual disabilities and children.

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Graffiti was borne out of the South Bronx streets as one of the key pillars of the hip-hop movement.

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No city has borne a greater share of pain from the fracturing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel than Héctor's beloved Acapulco.

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And since 2000, the White House briefing room has borne his name.

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For more than two hundred years, human rights have been (as the term implies) rights borne by individuals.

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All parties have borne testimony to the value of his services, and the eminence of his talents.

From Project Gutenberg

The authorization borne by him was very extraordinary and had a great excess of the ordinary warrants.

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A chair covered with red silk, borne on the shoulders of sixteen chair-men, passed up to the temple.

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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.

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The lively one had forgotten altogether about the unknown girl she and Jessie had seen borne away in the big French car.

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