"bear out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /bɛəɹ ˈaʊt/ Forms: bears out [present, singular, third-person], bearing out [participle, present], bore out [past], borne out [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English beren out, dissimilated from earlier Middle English outberen, equivalent to bear + out. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beren out}} Middle English beren out, {{der|en|enm|outberen}} Middle English outberen, {{af|en|bear|out|nocat=1}} bear + out Head templates: {{en-verb|bear<,,bore,borne> out}} bear out (third-person singular simple present bears out, present participle bearing out, simple past bore out, past participle borne out)
  1. (transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for. Tags: transitive Translations (corroborate, prove, or confirm): confirmar (Catalan), corroborar (Catalan), bevestigen (Dutch), tukea (Finnish), vahvistaa (Finnish), confirmer (French), corroborer (French), confirmar (Galician), bestätigen (German), confermare (Italian), dare ragione (Italian), confirmar (Portuguese), corroborar (Portuguese), confirmar (Spanish), corroborar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bear_out-en-verb-JH2Mc1p0 Disambiguation of 'corroborate, prove, or confirm': 95 3 3
  2. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. Translations (maintain and support to the end): kannatella (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bear_out-en-verb-MBCDPtRD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 86 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 15 63 22 Disambiguation of 'maintain and support to the end': 2 96 2
  3. (intransitive, of a horse) To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bear_out-en-verb-EXcbU11t

Inflected forms

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      "word": "confirmar"
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      "sense": "corroborate, prove, or confirm",
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      "sense": "corroborate, prove, or confirm",
      "word": "confirmar"
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      "word": "bestätigen"
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      "word": "confermare"
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