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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of harbour.

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Examples

  • "Is there some secret sin harboured and indulged in thy bosom, which hinders the operation of divine comforts?"

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • The girl who left school without an O-level to her name now harboured a quiet ambition to study psychology and mental health.

    DIANA ANDREW MORTON 1992

  • The girl who left school without an O-level to her name now harboured a quiet ambition to study psychology and mental health.

    DIANA ANDREW MORTON 1992

  • "Well - that's another way of saying that I 'harboured' you - gave you shelter," said Fatty.

    The Mystery of Banshee Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1961

  • If he please, he can bring an action for restitution of conjugal rights; and he may seize her even by force, when "harboured" against his will, by friends or relations.

    English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century 1854

  • The great sanhedrim issued out a proclamation, strictly charging and requiring that if any person in city or country knew where he was (pretending that he was a criminal, and had fled from justice) they should show it, that he might be taken, probably promising a reward to any that would discover him, and imposing a penalty on such as harboured him; so that hereby he was represented to the people as an obnoxious dangerous man, an outlaw, whom any one might have a blow at.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • And Mr Goon has _also_ put in a complaint - that when Ern ran away, I 'harboured' him. "

    The Mystery of Banshee Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1961

  • That she had also harboured thoughts about Ellie that weren't fair.

    GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD discussion/question thread. karenhealey 2010

  • I admit that I harboured hope that a crisis caused by a transfer of wealth and freedom – but not responsibility – upwards would spark a new conversation about fairness and economic common sense.

    Why I'm rooting for Diana Nyad | Laura Flanders 2011

  • Could the lack of rage and the quiet private despair be explained by a refusal to admit that we harboured hope in the first place?

    Why I'm rooting for Diana Nyad | Laura Flanders 2011

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