Meanings
neighboured1
alternative neighborred · alternative neighbored · alternative neborat
- obsoleteuncountableThe state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
… 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, …
1556, Marye the Quene
neighboured2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of neighbour
Origin
neighboured · noun
- Middle Englishneȝeburrede
- Englishneighboured
From Middle English neȝeburrede, equivalent to neighbour + -red. Cognate with Scots nechbourret.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →neighboured · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
neighboured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighboured
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