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outbear

outbear verb: to bear out; support.

Verb

outbear (third-person singular simple present outbears, present participle outbearing, simple past outbore, past participle outborne)

  1. (transitive) To bear out; support.
    • This song of soul I struggle to outbear, […]1860, William Caldwell Roscoe, Richard Holt Hutton, Poems and essays: Volume 2
    • I marvel at myself, that e'er I yielded
      This amorous enterprise even to you,
      But that my loyalty outbears my love.1878, The New York Drama: no. 37-48

Forms of outbear

third-person singular presentoutbears
present participleoutbearing
pastoutbore
past participleoutborne

Origin of outbear

From Middle English outberen, equivalent to out- + bear. Cognate with Danish udbære, Swedish utbära.

Questions about outbear

What does outbear mean?
Outbear means to bear out; support.
What part of speech is outbear?
Outbear is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbear?
The past tense of outbear is outbore.

Words near outbear in the dictionary

  1. outbd.
  2. outbeam
  3. outbeamed
  4. outbeaming
  5. outbeams
  6. outbear
  7. outbeard
  8. outbearded
  9. outbearding
  10. outbeards
  11. outbearing

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