abearing

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English

Etymology

abear +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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Noun

abearing (plural abearings)

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

Verb

abearing

  1. present participle of abear

References

  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.