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Abear v. t.

To bear; to behave. (Obs.) "So did the faery knight himself abear."

To put up with; to endure. (Prov.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Abear" Quotes from Famous Books

... he does,' said Mr. Weller. 'He knows that if he wos to come sich games as these nobody wouldn't love him, and that his grandfather in partickler couldn't abear the sight on him; for vich ...

— Master Humphrey's Clock • Charles Dickens

... and complained tearfully to Jan that she "wouldn't 'ave said nothin' if they'd called 'er or'nery names, but them there Injian words was more than she could abear." ...

— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker

... couldn't get rid of her neuritis, she immediately asked to know the symptoms, and forthwith claimed them as her own. 'Well, there now, and to think what I was just a-sayin' to Shoosmith, this very morning! Just in the crick of the thumb-joint, you can't 'ardly abear yourself!' And then she told how she said to Shoosmith frequent, where was the use of his getting impatient, and exclaimin' the worst expressions? Because his language went beyond a ...

— Somehow Good • William de Morgan

... And don't gabble. This ain't the metaphysics, which they can't abear. This is facts. ...

— The Harlequinade - An Excursion • Dion Clayton Calthrop and Granville Barker

... Browne angrily. "Meddle with that dog and he'll make victual of thee before thou knowest what ails thee. 'T is ever a poor sign when a man cannot abear dogs or children." ...

— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin