Bear

bār, v.t. to carry or support: to endure: to admit of: to be entitled to: to afford: to import: to manage: to behave or conduct one's self: to bring forth or produce.— v.i. to suffer: to be patient: to have reference to: to pre (with on or upon ): to be situated:— pr.p. bear′ing; pa.t. bōre; pa.p. bōrne (but the pa.p. when used to mean 'brought forth' is born ).— adj. Bear′able , that may be borne or endured.— n. Bear′ablene .— adv. Bear′ably .— ns. Bear′er , one who or that which bears, esp. one who a ists in carrying a body to the grave: a carrier or me enger; Bear′ing , behaviour: situation of one object with regard to another: relation: that which is borne upon an escutcheon: ( mach. ) the part of a shaft or axle in contact with its supports; Bear′ing-cloth , the mantle or cloth in which a child was carried to the font; Bear′ing-rein , the fixed rein between the bit and the saddle, by which a horse's head is held up in driving and its neck made to arch.— Bear hard ( Shak. ), to pre or urge; Bear in hand ( Shak. ), to keep in expectation, to flatter one's hopes; To bear a hand , to give a istance; To bear away , to sail away; To bear down (with upon or towards ), to sail with the wind; To bear out , to corroborate; To bear up , to keep up one's courage; To bear up for ( a place ), to sail towards; To bear with , to make allowance for; To be borne in (upon the) mind , to be forcibly impre ed upon it; To bring to bear , to bring into operation (with against , upon ); To lose one's bearings , to become uncertain as to one's position. [A.S. beran ; Goth. bairan , L. ferre , Gr. pher-ein , Sans. bhri .]