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abord.

the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter

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Meaning & usage

noun/a.bɔʁ/
  1. the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter

    literary · masculine
  2. the surroundings of a place

    masculine · rare
  3. arrival or accessibility by water

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from aborder, from Old French aborder (“to hit a ship in order to board it”), from bord (“side of a ship, edge”), from Frankish *bord (“side of a ship or vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“edge, border, side”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheredh- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old High German bort (“edge, rim, rand”), Old English bord (“ship, side of a ship”), Old Norse borð (“edge, side of a vessel”). More at board.

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