Abord

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /əˈbɔːd/
• US IPA: /əˈbɔɹd/

Origin

From Middle English aborden, from abord.

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Full definition of abord

Noun

1. (archaic) Manner or way of approaching or accosting; address. since the early 1600s

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To approach. attested from around 1400 until the late 1600s
2. (transitive, rare) To accost. since the early 1600s
• 1919, Ronald Firbank, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 82:Mrs Hurstpierpoint aborded her with a smile.

Anagrams

• board, broad, B road, dobra, Dobra