abearing

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English

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Etymology

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abear +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ

Noun

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abearing (plural abearings)

  1. (obsolete) Behaviour. [Late 15th century.][1]

Verb

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abearing

  1. present participle and gerund of abear

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abearing”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.