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abord

noun/əˈbɔːd/

What It Means

The act of approaching or arriving; approach.

A road, or means of approach.

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Abord in Context

“He entered with an air so immensely conceited and affected, and, at the same Time, so uncommonly bold, that I could scarce stand his Abord […].”

— 1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 77

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From French abord, from aborder (“to aboard”).

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