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Definition of Abear
1. v. t. To bear; to behave.
Definition of Abear
1. Verb. (transitive obsolete regional) To bear; to carry. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive obsolete regional) To behave; to comport oneself. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive regional) To put up with; to endure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abear
1. to bear [v ABORE, ABORNE, ABEARING, ABEARS] - See also: bear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abear
Literary usage of Abear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years in the Northwest: With an Introduction and Appendix Containing by William Henry Carman Folsom, Elijah Evan Edwards (1888)
"PETER abear was born in Canada East in 1830; came to Stillwater in 1850, but
subsequently removed to Taylor's Falls where, in 1855, he was married to Kitty ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"The young lady in Dickens who “couldn't abear the men, they were such ... “abear,”
in the sense of to endure or to suffer, was good English in the days of ..."
3. The World's Wonders as Seen by the Great Tropical and Polar Explorers: Being by James William Buel (1884)
"... ABear ..."
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