abear

Definition

To put up with; to endure; to bear.

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).

Example Sentences

• "Hunder-cook, indeed! which it's what I never abore yet, and never will abear."
• "And he seems sweet on Miss Hazel though she can’t abear him, though when I ask her about him she snaps my head off and tells me to mind my own business."
• "So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield […]"