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lear

noun
/ˈlɪɹ/US/ˈlɪə/UK/ˈliə//lɪə/UK/lɪəɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English laire, leire, lere, northern Middle English variants of lore, loare (“doctrine, teaching, lore”), from Old English lār (“lore”). More at lore.

  1. inherited from lār — “lore”
  2. inherited from laire

Definitions

  1. Something learned

    Something learned; a lesson.

  2. Learning, lore

    Learning, lore; doctrine.

    • when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].
    • 'Foul befa' him and his lear too! It maun be o' some new-fangled kind, I think. Our auld minister had lear enough, baith Hebrew and Latin, and he believed in witches and warlocks, honest man, like ony ither sober, godly person.'
    • They dressed up in maids' array, And passd for sisters fair; With ae consent gaed ower the sea, For to seek after lear.

  3. To teach.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To learn.

    2. Alternative form of lehr.

    3. A surname.

    4. The name of a legendary early king of Britain, the central character in Shakespeare's…

      The name of a legendary early king of Britain, the central character in Shakespeare's King Lear.

    5. Clipping of Learjet.

      • First-generation Lears are beasts to fly.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA