abear

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Also spelled a-bear

US /əˈbɛr/ UK /əˈbɛə/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
dialectal or archaic: to endure or tolerate

I cannot abear the noise of that mill another day.

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Synonyms

1 verb · dialectal or archaic: to... endure tolerate bear stand abide suffer brook

Word family

Derived forms abearance

Related forms bear forbear

Etymology

From Old English āberan ('to bear, sustain, endure'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + beran ('to bear, carry'), from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

āberan Old English *beraną Proto-Germanic *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European

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# abear

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** əˈbɛr
**IPA (UK):** əˈbɛə

## Meanings
1. dialectal or archaic: to endure or tolerate

## Examples
- I cannot abear the noise of that mill another day.

## Synonyms
- endure
- tolerate
- bear
- stand
- abide
- suffer
- brook

## Derived Forms
- abearance

## Related Forms
- bear
- forbear

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: āberan
- Root: *beraną
- Root: *bʰer-

## Etymology
From Old English āberan ('to bear, sustain, endure'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + beran ('to bear, carry'), from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

## AI Etymology
Abear is from Old English āberan ('to bear, sustain, endure'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + beran ('to bear, carry'), from Proto-Germanic *beraną. Important recorded forms include āberan (Old English), *beraną (Proto-Germanic), and *bʰer- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers dialectal or archaic: to endure or tolerate. The wider family includes derived forms such as abearance and related words such as bear and forbear.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives
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