abearance
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.əns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editabearance (uncountable)
- (rare) Behavior. [Mid 16th century.][1]
- 1769, Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England:
- The other species of recognizance, with sureties, is tor the good abearance or good behaviour.
Translations
editbehavior — see behavior
References
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abearance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.