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borne out

borne out is the past participle of bear out.

Meaning of bear out

Verb

bear out (third-person singular simple present bears out, present participle bearing out, simple past bore out, past participle borne out)

  1. (transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
    • bear someone out on something
  2. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
    • 'Tis Company only that can bear a Man out in an ill Thing1694, Robert South, “Sermon V, VI., Rom I. 32”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume II, London: […] J[ohn] H[eptinstall] for Thomas Bennet […], →OCLC, page 249
  3. (intransitive) To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out.
    • That horse always bears out on the turns.

Questions about borne out

What is borne out the past participle of?
Borne out is the past participle of bear out.

Words near borne out in the dictionary

  1. borne in with
  2. borne off
  3. borne off from
  4. borne on
  5. borne oneself
  6. borne out
  7. borne the brunt
  8. borne the scars
  9. borne up
  10. borne upon
  11. borne with

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