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Sir. J. Hayward. Who's there? bear back there! Stand from the door! B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. The party soon set sail, and bore for England. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 89. Down upon him bare the bandit three. Tennyson, Geraint. Hence-4. To have reference (to); relate (to); come into practical contact (with); have a bearing: as, legislation bearing on the interests of labor. There was one broad principle which bore equally upon every cla , that the lands of England must provide for the defense of England. Froude , Sketches, p. 144. 5. To be situated as to the point of the compa , with respect to something else: as, the land bore E. N. E. from the ship.-6. To suffer, as with pain; endure. They bore as heroes, but they felt as men. I can not, can not bear . Pope . Dryden. 7. To be patient. [Rare.] -8. To produce fruit; be fruitful, as opposed to being barren: as, the tree still continues to bear . Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? Gen. xvii. 17. 9. To take effect; succeed. Having pawned a full suit of clothes for a sum of money, which, my operator a ured me, was the last he should want to bring all our matters to bear . Guardian . To bear against. See above, 2. - To bear away ( naut .), to change the course of a ship more away from the wind. -To bear in with, to run or tend toward: as, a ship bears in with the land; opposed to bear off or keep at a greater distance. - To bear on or upon. See above, 2, 3, and 4.- To bear up. (a) Naut ., to put the helm up so as to bring the ve el into the wind. (b) To be firm; have fortitude. [If] we found evil fast as we find good In our first years, or think that it is found, How could the innocent heart bear up and live! Words worth , Prelude, viii. To bear up for ( naut .), to sail or proceed toward: as, we or sustain with courage; without succumbing; be firm under: as, to bear up under affliction. So long as nature Will bear up with this exercise, so long I daily vow to use it. Shak ., W. T., iii. 2. with under ton Kongenden He's of a nature Too bold and fierce to stoop so, but bears up, Presuming on his hopes. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, i. 1. To bear up witht, to keep up with; be on the same footing as. What shoulde he doe? Fain he would have the name in that. to be religious, fain he would bear up with his neighbours Milton , Areopagitica, p. 39. To bear with, to endure; be indulgent to; forbear to resent, oppose, or punish. Reason would that I should bear with you. beare both with me and it.