unbore
unbore verb: to relieve from boredom.
Verb
unbore (third-person singular simple present unbores, present participle unboring, simple past and past participle unbored)
- To relieve from boredom.
- Let you tell her from me and from us, that there is a chapter in Deirdre that unbores God when He gets bored, & remembers who He ought to read.1974, James Stephens, Richard J. Finneran, Letters of James Stephens
- Rose felt right down at her very roots that if you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him. Once a bore always a bore — certainly, she thought, to the person originally bored.2010, Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April, page 106
Forms of unbore
| third-person singular present | unbores |
|---|---|
| present participle | unboring |
| past participle | unbored |
| past | unbored |
Origin of unbore
From un- + bore.
Questions about unbore
- What does unbore mean?
- Unbore means to relieve from boredom.
- What part of speech is unbore?
- Unbore is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unbore?
- The past tense of unbore is unbored.
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