Harbour vs False - What's the difference?
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(en noun) (British, Canada)
(obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
A place of shelter or refuge.
(obsolete) A house of the zodiac.
* Late 14th century: To ech of hem his tyme and his seson, / As thyn herberwe chaungeth lowe or heighe — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin’s Tale’, Canterbury Tales
A sheltered area for ships; a piece of water adjacent to land in which ships may stop to load and unload.
(astrology) The mansion of a heavenly body.
A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
To provide shelter or refuge for.
* Bishop Burnet
* Rowe
To accept, as with a belief.
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun harbour
is (obsolete|uncountable) shelter, refuge.As a verb harbour
is to provide shelter or refuge for.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.harbour
English
Alternative forms
* herberwe (obsolete) * herborough (obsolete) * harbor (now US)Noun
(wikipedia harbour)- The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.
- The city has an excellent natural harbour .
Derived terms
* harbourage * harbourmaster * unharbouredVerb
(en verb)- The docks, which once harboured''' tall ships, now '''harbour only petty thieves.
- The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
- Let not your gentle breast harbour one thought of outrage.
- That scientist harbours the belief that God created humans.
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See also
* dock * havenfalse
English
Adjective
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