Neighboured

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship. obsolete, uncountable

    "… 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, …"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of neighbour form-of, participle, past

Example

More examples

"… 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, …"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From neighbour.

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