noun
Meaning 1
Bearing, behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
abear
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbɛə/
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Received-Pronunciation: [əˈbɛː]
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /əˈbɛɹ/
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US: [əˈbɛɚ]
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Australian: /əˈbeː/
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New-Zealand: /əˈbeə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/əˈbiə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /əˈbeɹ/
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Scotland: [əˈbeːɹ]
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/əˈbɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
verb
Meaning 2
To put up with; to endure; to bear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To bear; to carry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To behave; to comport oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, reflexive, transitive
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History
Etymology
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).