Thesaurus: yore

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1. adv. In time long past; in old time; long since.
2. n. time long past
3. 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. 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.
4. 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 forjudgment just do fly. Spenser.Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. "ButSatan now is wiser than of yore." Pope.Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble.