(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:34:55

A*bear" (#), v.t. [AS. aberan; pref. a- + beran to bear.]

1.

To bear; to behave.

[Obs.]

So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser.

2.

To put up with; to endure.

[Prov.]

Dickens.

 

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