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Abear vs Afear - What's the difference?

abear | afear |

As verbs the difference between abear and afear

is that abear is while afear is to imbue with fear; to affright; to terrify.

As a noun abear

is (obsolete) bearing, behavior.

abear

English

Verb

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  • (obsolete) To bear; to carry.
  • (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.12:
  • *:So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield [...].

    • Usage notes

    * (endure) Used in the negative nowadays.

    Derived terms

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Bearing, behavior.

    • afear

    English

    Alternative forms

    * affear

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to imbue with fear; to affright; to terrify.

    • Derived terms

    * afeard ----