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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  bôr,   br
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: bored, bor·ing, bores
To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious: The movie bored us.
NOUN: One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious.
ETYMOLOGY:Origin unknown.
 
 
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