Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Yore /(yōr)/ · IPA /joɹ/ 01 adv. In time long past; in old time; long since. 1. In time long past; in old time; long since.[Obs. or Poetic] “As it hath been of olde times yore.” — Chaucer. “Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.” — Spenser. “Where Abraham fed his flock of yore.” — Keble. Phrases & compounds Of yore — of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore.