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abear

verb
/əˈbɛə/UK/əˈbɛɹ/US/əˈbeː/

Etymology

From Middle English aberen, from Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ā- (“away, out”), a- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to a- + bear. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan).

  1. inherited from *bʰer-✻
  2. inherited from *uzberaną✻
  3. inherited from āberan
  4. inherited from aberen

Definitions

  1. To put up with

    To put up with; to endure; to bear.

    • Hunder-cook, indeed! which it's what I never abore yet, and never will abear.
    • And he seems sweet on Miss Hazel though she can’t abear him, though when I ask her about him she snaps my head off and tells me to mind my own business.

  2. To bear

    To bear; to carry.

  3. To behave

    To behave; to comport oneself.

    • So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Bearing, behavior.

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