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neighboured

neighboured noun: the state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship. Also the simple past and past participle of neighbour.

Noun

neighboured (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
    • … thinking even that by that or patience to have enduced him to beare us true amytie and to use good neighbored towards us and or subjects, for the which respect we were not only contented to heare such iniuries as to or sell had been by hym doon, …1556, Marye the Quene

Also used as

neighboured is also the simple past and past participle of neighbour.

Forms of neighboured

alternative formneighborred
alternative formneighbored
alternative formneborat

Origin of neighboured

From Middle English neȝeburrede, equivalent to neighbour + -red. Cognate with Scots nechbourret.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about neighboured

What does neighboured mean?
Neighboured means the state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
What part of speech is neighboured?
Neighboured is a noun.

Words near neighboured in the dictionary

  1. Neighborses
  2. neighborship
  3. neighborships
  4. neighbour
  5. neighboure
  6. neighboured
  7. neighboures
  8. neighbouress
  9. neighbouresses
  10. neighboureth
  11. neighbourhead

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