Meanings
present singular third person inbears · participle present inbearing · past inbore · participle past inborne
- transitiveTo carry in; bring in; furnish; provide; supply; put forth.
The servitors of Hari are Forever highly fortunate In their unflinching faith and great Thirst for the Lord that they inbear.
1961, G.A. Natesan, The Indian review - Volume 62 - Page 792 more examples
[...] and in part imputeth it, that the river Rother is not contained in its channel, and so loseth its force to carry away the seas and beach, which the sea doth inbear into the haven.
1829, Sir David Brewster, The Edinburgh journal of science - Volume 10 - Page 63And here to one long thought-delivered ease Be ours now to fling back unfurrowed brow, Rose-cinctured, to the need of drowsy eyes, Which ope but to the presence of some stir More musical, of breezes that inbear As 'twere one last word from the tranced West.
1905, Arthur Lewis, Days of old Rome - Page 54
Origin
- Old Englishinberan“to carry in, bring in”
- Middle Englishinberen
- Englishinbear
From Middle English inberen, from Old English inberan (“to carry in, bring in”); equivalent to in- + bear. Doublet of infer.
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inbear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inbear
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