definition of the word abear

by the Wiktionnary

  • From Anglo-Saxon āberan; prefix ā- + beran to bear.

Infinitive
to abear

Third person singular
abears

Simple past
abeared

Past participle
abeared

Present participle
abearing

to abear (third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past and past participle abeared)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself.
    So did the faery knight himself abear. - Spenser.
  3. (transitive) To put up with; to endure.

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