abear

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɛə/, [əˈbɛː] (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ/, [əˈbɛɚ] (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈbeː/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /əˈbeə/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /əˈbiə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈbeɹ/, [əˈbeːɹ] (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /əˈbɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) === Verb === abear (third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past abore, past participle aborn or aborne) (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear. [from 9th c.] (transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry. [10th–15th c.] (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself. [16th–17th c.] ==== Usage notes ==== (endure): Used in the negative nowadays. ==== Derived terms ==== abearance abearing === Noun === abear (plural abears) (obsolete) Bearing, behavior. [14th–17th c.] === Anagrams === Abare, Abaré, Areba, Raabe, abare