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

abductor
abductor digiti minimi muscle of foot
abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand
abductor hallucis
abductor muscle
abductor muscle of great toe
abductor muscle of little finger
abductor muscle of little toe
abductor oculi
abductor pollicis brevis
abductor pollicis longus
abductores
abductors
abducts
abeam
abear (current term)
abearance
abeared
abearing
abearings
abears
abecarnil
abecedaria
abecedarians
abecedaries
abecedarium
abecedarius
abecedariuses
abecedary
abecediaries

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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