yore Meaning, Definition & Usage

Yore adverb

Etymology

OE. ore, yare, are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. . See Year.

Definitions

1. In time long past; in old time; long since. Obs. or Poetic

   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.

   Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble.