YORE

yore. Yore, ad. of long time past, of old time, formerly

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Yore (yōr), adv. [[OE. ”ore, yare, ”are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. √204. See Year.]] In time long past; in old time; long since. As it hath been of olde times yore. Chaucer. Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, Yet I to them for judgment just do fly. Spenser. Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. “But Satan now is wiser than of yore.” Pope. Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble.