"downbear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: downbears [present, singular, third-person], downbearing [participle, present], downbore [past], downborne [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English dounberen, equivalent to down- + bear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dounberen}} Middle English dounberen, {{prefix|en|down|bear}} down- + bear Head templates: {{en-verb|downbears|downbearing|downbore|downborne}} downbear (third-person singular simple present downbears, present participle downbearing, simple past downbore, past participle downborne)
  1. (transitive) To bear, bring or carry down. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-downbear-en-verb-Tixj06zM
  2. (transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-downbear-en-verb-k-89jBuv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 37 49 14
  3. (transitive) To lessen; reduce. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-downbear-en-verb-6QDbM~1p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 26 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 19 71

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