abear C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes Also spelled a-bear US /əˈbɛr/ UK /əˈbɛə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb dialectal or archaic: to endure or tolerate I cannot abear the noise of that mill another day. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · dialectal or archaic: to... enduretoleratebearstandabidesufferbrook Word family Derived forms abearance Related forms bearforbear Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Register & Style markdown