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bears out

bears out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bears out

What is bears out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bears out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bear out.

Words near bears out in the dictionary

  1. Bears Lagoon
  2. bears off
  3. bears off from
  4. bears on
  5. bears oneself
  6. bears out
  7. bears the brunt
  8. bears the scars
  9. bears up
  10. bears upon
  11. bears with

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