withbear

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verb

To carry or bear (something) away.

OriginMiddle English withberen →
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Meanings

verbwithbear (third-person singular simple present withbears, present participle withbearing, simple past withbore, past participle withborne)

present singular third person withbears · participle present withbearing · past withbore · participle past withborne · alternative withbere

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo carry or bear (something) away.

    Yf she be hable to make any power at home, she shall be withborne and herself keapt from all other comfort than her own nobilitie.

    1866, Alexander M'neel-Caird, Mary Stuart
    1 more example

    For he knew nat what she was that spak with hym / and neuertheles he ansuerde to her: 'My dere lady, nought of myn owne ye withbere / but only that ye passe & goo thrugh my land / and it is grett shame to me.

    c. 1500,, Jean (d'Arras), Melusine
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo bring or gather in, as of crops; bring together.
  3. obsoletetransitiveTo bear with; endure.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwithberen
  2. Englishwithbear

From Middle English withberen, equivalent to with- + bear.

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