abearance
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Noun[edit]
abearance (uncountable)
- (rare) Behavior. [Mid 16th century.][1]
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1769, Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England:
- The other species of recognizance, with sureties, is tor the good abearance or good behaviour.
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Translations[edit]
behavior — see behavior
- Portuguese: conducta
References[edit]
- ^ “abearance” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 3.
