abear

t. [A.S. abæran.] Now shortened to BEAR. 1. To bear, to endure, to put up with. 2. To behave (one's-self). "So did the faerie knight himself a be are, And stouped oft his head from shame to shield." Spenser: Faerie Queene, bk. v., xii. 19. *a-bear-ançe, s. beat, encenour. (a; -bear.] Behaviour, "Good a be a rance, or good behaviour."--Black stone: Comment., book iv., chap. 18.