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Abeared vs Beared - What's the difference?

abeared | beared |

As verbs the difference between abeared and beared

is that abeared is past tense of abear while beared is past tense of bear.

abeared

English

Verb

(head)
  • (abear)

    • 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.

    • beared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bear)
  • * 1996 , Jules Tygiel, The Great Los Angeles Swindle , page 124:
    • The sudden emergence of a bull market generated panic among brokers who had "beared " or "shorted" the stock.
  • * Jack London, Hearts of Three
    • For see, except where your holdings are concerned, the market is reasonable and right. But take your holdings. There's Frisco Consolidated. There is neither sense nor logic that it should be beared this way.

    Usage notes

    * This form is found especially in the finance sense. In most other senses, the past tense bore and past participle borne are generally preferred.