withbear

withbear

English

Alternative forms

• withbere (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Verb

withbear (third-person singular simple present withbears, present participle withbearing, simple past withbore, past participle withborne)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To carry or bear (something) away.
   • c. 1500,, Jean (d'Arras), Melusine:

     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.

   • 1866, Alexander M'neel-Caird, Mary Stuart:

     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.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To bring or gather in, as of crops; bring together.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To bear with; endure.

Anagrams

• bear with