"upbear" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: upbears [present, singular, third-person], upbearing [participle, present], upbore [past], upborne [participle, past], upbore [archaic, participle, past, poetic]
Etymology: From Middle English upberen, equivalent to up- + bear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upberen}} Middle English upberen, {{prefix|en|up|bear}} up- + bear Head templates: {{en-verb|||upbore|upborne|past_ptc2=upbore|past_ptc2_qual=archaic, poetic}} upbear (third-person singular simple present upbears, present participle upbearing, simple past upbore, past participle upborne or (archaic, poetic) upbore)
  1. (dated, transitive) To hold up; raise aloft; hold or sustain high Tags: dated, transitive

Inflected forms

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