† unboreadj.
Obsolete.
= unborn adj. and n.
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a1250 Prov. Alfred 449 in Old Eng. Misc. 128 Betere is child vnbore þane vnbuhsum.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 19/2 Miracle ore louerd dude for him þe ȝuyt he was un-bore.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 149 Sche wissheth forto ben unbore.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1210 It wer better he were vnbore, For he doith nat ellis, save atte hazard pley.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. Fathers in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 503 But (O) more millions of Babes yet vn-bore, Then there be Sands vpon the Libyan shoare.
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