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Abear vs Anear - What's the difference?

abear | anear |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abear and anear

is that abear is (obsolete) bearing, behavior while anear is (obsolete) to approach.

As verbs the difference between abear and anear

is that abear is while anear is (obsolete) to approach.

As a noun abear

is (obsolete) bearing, behavior.

As a preposition anear is

near.

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.

    • anear

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • near
  • * I. Taylor
    • The measure of misery anear us.
  • * Coleridge
    • It did not come anear .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "anear")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To approach

    • Anagrams

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