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bearing out

bearing out is the present participle and gerund of bear out.

Meaning of bear out

Verb

bear out (third-person singular simple present bears out, present participle bearing out, simple past bore out, past participle borne out)

  1. (transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
    • bear someone out on something
  2. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
    • 'Tis Company only that can bear a Man out in an ill Thing1694, Robert South, “Sermon V, VI., Rom I. 32”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume II, London: […] J[ohn] H[eptinstall] for Thomas Bennet […], →OCLC, page 249
  3. (intransitive) To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out.
    • That horse always bears out on the turns.

Questions about bearing out

What is bearing out the present participle and gerund of?
Bearing out is the present participle and gerund of bear out.

Words near bearing out in the dictionary

  1. bearing in with
  2. bearing off
  3. bearing off from
  4. bearing on
  5. bearing oneself
  6. bearing out
  7. bearing pile
  8. bearing piles
  9. bearing rein
  10. bearing reins
  11. bearing sword

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