abear
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abear
- /əˈbɛə/ UK
- [əˈbɛː] UK
- /əˈbɛɹ/ US
- [əˈbɛɚ] US
- /əˈbeː/ Australia
- /əˈbeə/ New Zealand
- /əˈbiə/
- /əˈbeɹ/ Scotland
- [əˈbeːɹ] Scotland
- /əˈbɜː(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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).
verb abears · abearing · abore · aborn · aborne
- To put up with; to endure; to bear. Hunder-cook, indeed! which it's what I never abore yet, and never will abear.
- To bear; to carry.
- To behave; to comport oneself. So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield […]
noun abears
- Bearing, behavior.
