Part 975

<blockquote>Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos <b>bore</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle <i>born</i> to the sense of <i>brought forth</i>, while <i>borne</i> is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, <i>borne</i> alone is used as the past participle.</note>

<cs><col>To bear down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink.</cd> "His nose, . . . large as were the others, <i>bore<i> them <i>down<i> into insignificance." <i>Marryat</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To overthrow or crush by force; as, to <i>bear down<i> an enemy.</cd> -- <col>To bear a hand</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To help; to give assistance.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To make haste; to be quick.</cd> -- <col>To bear in hand</col>, <cd>to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "How you were <i>borne in hand<i>, how crossed." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>To bear in mind</col>, <cd>to remember.</cd> -- <col>To bear off</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To restrain; to keep from approach.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to <i>bear off<i> a blow; to <i>bear off<i> a boat.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To gain; to carry off, as a prize.</cd> -- <col>To bear one hard</col>, <cd>to owe one a grudge.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "C\'91sar doth <i>bear me hard<i>." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>To bear out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.</cd> "Company only can <i>bear<i> a man <i>out<i> in an ill thing." <i>South</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To corroborate; to confirm.</cd> -- <col>To bear up</col>, <cd>to support; to keep from falling or sinking.</cd> "Religious hope <i>bears up<i> the mind under sufferings." <i>Addison</i>.</cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft.</syn>

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<hw>Bear</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.</def>

<blockquote>This age to blossom, and the next to <b>bear</b>. <i> Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To suffer, as in carrying a burden.</def>

<blockquote>But man is born to <b>bear</b>. <i> Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To endure with patience; to be patient.</def>

<blockquote>I can not, can not <b>bear</b>. <i> Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To press; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>, or <i>against</i>.</def>

<blockquote>These men <b>bear</b> hard on the suspected party. <i> Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To take effect; to have influence or force; <as>as, to bring matters to <ex>bear</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To relate or refer; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>; as, how does this <i>bear</i> on the question?</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.</def>

<blockquote>Her sentence <b>bore</b> that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; <as>as, the land <ex>bears</ex> N</as>. by E.</def>

<cs><col>To bear against</col>, <cd>to approach for attack or seizure; <as>as, a lion <ex>bears against</ex> his prey</as>.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>To bear away</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind.</cd> -- <col>To bear back</col>, <cd>to retreat.</cd> "<i>Bearing back<i> from the blows of their sable antagonist." <i>Sir W. Scott</i>. -- <col>To bear down upon</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to approach from the windward side; <as>as, the fleet <ex>bore down upon<ex> the enemy</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bear in with</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to run or tend toward; <as>as, a ship <ex>bears in with<ex> the land</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bear off</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to steer away, as from land.</cd> -- <col>To bear up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; <as>as, to <ex>bear up<ex> under afflictions</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away.</cd> <i>Hamersly</i>. -- <col>To bear upon</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); <as>as, to bring or plant guns so as to <ex>bear upon<ex> a fort or a ship; the artillery <ex>bore upon<ex> the center</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bear up to</col>, <cd>to tend or move toward; <as>as, to <ex>bear up to<ex> one another</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bear with</col>, <cd>to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bear</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bier.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Bear</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bere</ets>, AS. <ets>bera</ets>; akin to D. <ets>beer</ets>, OHG. <ets>bero</ets>, <ets>pero</ets>, G. <ets>b\'84r</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>bj\'94rn</ets>, and possibly to L. <ets>fera</ets> wild beast, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> beast, Skr. <ets>bhalla</ets> bear.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.</def>

<note>The European brown bear (<spn>U. arctos</spn>), the white polar bear (<spn>U. maritimus</spn>), the grizzly bear (<spn>U. horribilis</spn>), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear (<spn>U. Americanus</spn>), the Syrian bear (<spn>Ursus Syriacus</spn>), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; <as>as, the woolly <ex>bear</ex>; ant <ex>bear</ex>; water <ex>bear</ex>; sea <ex>bear.</ex></as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the <stype>Great Bear</stype> and the <stype>Lesser Bear</stype>, or <stype>Ursa Major</stype> and <stype>Ursa Minor</stype>.</def>