"abear" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbɛə/ [UK], [əˈbɛː] [UK], /əˈbɛɹ/ [US], [əˈbɛɚ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abear.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aberen}} Middle English aberen, {{inh|en|ang|āberan||to bear, carry, carry away}} Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), {{m|ang|ā-||away, out}} ā- (“away, out”), {{m|ang|a-}} a-, {{m|ang|beran||to bear}} beran (“to bear”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uzberaną||to bear off, bring forth, produce}} Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-||to bear, carry}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), {{prefix|en|a|bear}} a- + bear, {{cog|goh|irberan}} Old High German irberan, {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan) Head templates: {{en-noun}} abear (plural abears)
  1. (obsolete) Bearing, behavior. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-abear-en-noun-zlVKZET1

Verb

IPA: /əˈbɛə/ [UK], [əˈbɛː] [UK], /əˈbɛɹ/ [US], [əˈbɛɚ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abear.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abears [present, singular, third-person], abearing [participle, present], abore [past], aborn [participle, past], aborne [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aberen}} Middle English aberen, {{inh|en|ang|āberan||to bear, carry, carry away}} Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), {{m|ang|ā-||away, out}} ā- (“away, out”), {{m|ang|a-}} a-, {{m|ang|beran||to bear}} beran (“to bear”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uzberaną||to bear off, bring forth, produce}} Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-||to bear, carry}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), {{prefix|en|a|bear}} a- + bear, {{cog|goh|irberan}} Old High German irberan, {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan) Head templates: {{en-verb|abears|abearing|abore|aborn|past_ptc2=aborne}} abear (third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past abore, past participle aborn or aborne)
  1. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear. Tags: archaic, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-abear-en-verb-K93bEt0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 11 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 17 56 13 14
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-abear-en-verb-iauaTjeF
  3. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself. Tags: obsolete, reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-abear-en-verb-4KKmMSty
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abearance, abearing

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for abear meaning in English (7.5kB)

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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To put up with; to endure; to bear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put up",
          "put up"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bear; to carry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12",
          "text": "So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To behave; to comport oneself."
      ],
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        [
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          "behave"
        ],
        [
          "comport",
          "comport"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɛə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈbɛː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɛɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈbɛɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abear.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abear"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms prefixed with a-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aberen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aberen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "āberan",
        "4": "",
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    },
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      "name": "m"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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        "4": "",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "*bʰer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bear, carry"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "a",
        "3": "bear"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
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        "1": "goh",
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      "expansion": "Old High German irberan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
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    {
      "form": "abears",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bearing, behavior."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Bearing, behavior."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/əˈbɛə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈbɛː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɛɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈbɛɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abear"
}

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