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Bourn Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bourn? [n] an archaic term for a goal or destination [n] an archaic term for a boundary Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bourn: bourne \| bourne Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bourn: adolescent stream \| anchorage \| arroyo \| beck \| border line \| bound \| boundary \| boundary condition \| boundary line \| braided stream \| branch \| break boundary \| breakoff point \| brook \| brooklet \| burn \| ceiling \| channel \| circumscription \| compass \| confine \| creek \| crick \| cutoff \| cutoff point \| deadline \| delimitation \| destination \| determinant \| division line \| end \| extremity \| finish \| floor \| flowing stream \| fluviation \| fresh \| freshet \| frontier \| gill \| goal \| harbor \| haven \| hedge \| high-water mark \| interface \| kill \| last stop \| lazy stream \| limen \| limit \| limitation \| limiting factor \| line \| line of demarcation \| lower limit \| low-water mark \| march \| mark \| meandering stream \| mete \| midchannel \| midstream \| millstream \| moving road \| navigable river \| port \| race \| racing stream \| river \| rivulet \| run \| rundle \| runlet \| runnel \| sike \| spill stream \| start \| starting line \| starting point \| stop \| stopping place \| stream \| stream action \| streamlet \| subterranean river \| target date \| term \| terminal \| terminal date \| terminal point \| terminus \| threshold \| time allotment \| upper limit \| wadi \| watercourse \| waterway See Also \| bound \| boundary \| bounds \| end \| goal Bourn In Webster's Dictionary \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. ?. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. {Torrent}, and see {Burn}, v.] A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. --Spenser. \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [F. borne. See {Bound} a limit.] A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. --Cowper. The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns. --Shak. Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. --Wordsworth. To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. --Tyndall.

Bourn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bourn?

[n] an archaic term for a goal or destination
[n] an archaic term for a boundary

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bourn: bourne | bourne

Bourn In Webster's Dictionary

\Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna;
akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno,
Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. ?. The root is
prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems
to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf.
{Torrent}, and see {Burn}, v.]
A stream or rivulet; a burn.

      My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn.
                                               --Spenser.


\Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [F. borne. See {Bound} a
limit.]
A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.

      Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. --Cowper.

      The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler
      returns.                                 --Shak.

      Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song.
                                               --Wordsworth.

      To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne.
                                               --Tyndall.

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