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lears

lears is the plural of lear.

lears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lear.

Meaning of lear

Noun

lear (countable and uncountable, plural lears)

  1. (Scotland) Something learned; a lesson.
  2. (Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine.
    • when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about lears

What is lears the plural of?
Lears is the plural of lear.

Words near lears in the dictionary

  1. learnèd borrowings
  2. learnèdly
  3. learnèdness
  4. learnéd
  5. Learoyd
  6. lears
  7. leary
  8. Leary biscuit
  9. Leary biscuits
  10. Learyesque
  11. Learys

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