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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

withbear en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English withberen, equivalent to with- + bear.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To carry or bear (something) away.
    • Yf she be hable to make any power at home, she shall be withborne and herself keapt from all other comfort than her own nobilitie. 1866, Alexander M'neel-Caird, Mary Stuart:
    • For he knew nat what she was that spak with hym / and neuertheles he ansuerde to her: 'My dere lady, nought of myn owne ye withbere / but only that ye passe & goo thrugh my land / and it is grett shame to me. c. 1500,, Jean (d'Arras), Melusine
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring or gather in, as of crops; bring together.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To bear with; endure.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
withbears Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
withborne Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
withbere alternative lexicographic
withbearing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
withbore Tense=Past lexicographic