withbear
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- withbere (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English withberen, equivalent to with- + bear.
Verb edit
withbear (third-person singular simple present withbears, present participle withbearing, simple past withbore, past participle withborne)
- (transitive, obsolete) To carry or bear (something) away.
- c. 1500,, Jean (d'Arras), Melusine:
- For he knew nat what she was that spak with hym / and neuertheles he ansuerde to her: 'My dere lady, nought of myn owne ye withbere / but only that ye passe & goo thrugh my land / and it is grett shame to me.
- 1866, Alexander M'neel-Caird, Mary Stuart:
- Yf she be hable to make any power at home, she shall be withborne and herself keapt from all other comfort than her own nobilitie.
- c. 1500,, Jean (d'Arras), Melusine:
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring or gather in, as of crops; bring together.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bear with; endure.