English

Verb

abear ‎(third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past abore, past participle aborn or aborne)

1. (transitive, now rare, regional) To put up with; to endure. [from 9th c.]
   • 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:

     Hunder-cook, indeed! which it's what I never abore yet, and never will abear.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry. [10th-15th c.]
3. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself. [16th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:

     So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield […]

Usage notes

• (endure): Used in the negative nowadays.

Derived terms

• abearance
• abearing

Noun

abear ‎(plural abears)

1. (obsolete) Bearing, behavior. [14th-17th c.]

Latin

Verb

abear

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of abeō