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abear.

To put up with; to endure; to bear.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈbɛə/Received-Pronunciation[əˈbɛː]Received-Pronunciation/əˈbɛɹ/US[əˈbɛɚ]US
  1. To put up with; to endure; to bear.

    archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. To bear; to carry.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To behave; to comport oneself.

    obsolete · reflexive · transitive
Where this word comes from

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).

noun/əˈbɛə/Received-Pronunciation[əˈbɛː]Received-Pronunciation/əˈbɛɹ/US[əˈbɛɚ]US
  1. Bearing, behavior.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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