To bear in mind, to remember.To bear off. (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize.To bear one hard, to owe one a grudge. [Obs.] "Cæsar doth bear me hard." Shak.To bear out. (a) To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. "Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing." South. (b) To corroborate; to confirm.To bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." Addison.

Syn. — To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft.

Bear
(Bear) v. i.

1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.

This age to blossom, and the next to bear.
Dryden.

2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

But man is born to bear.
Pope.

3. To endure with patience; to be patient.

I can not, can not bear.
Dryden.

4. To press; — with on or upon, or against.

These men bear hard on the suspected party.
Addison.

5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.

6. To relate or refer; — with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?

7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform.
Hawthorne.

8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.

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

Bear
(Bear) n. A bier. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bear
(Bear) n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. bär, Icel. & Sw. björn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.]

Shak.


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