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To carry, as in truft.—He was a thief, and had the bag, 
and bare what was put therein. John. —To flip port; to 
keep from falling : frequently with up. — A religious hope 
does not only bear up the mind under her fufferings, but 
makes her rejoice in them. Addifon. —To keep afloat; to 
keep from finking : fometimes with up. —The waters in- 
creafed, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above 
the earth. Gcnejis. —To fupport with proportionate 
flrength.—Animals that ufe a great deal of labour and 
exercife, have their folid parts more elaftic and flrong ; 
they can^<?«r, and ought to have, ftronger food. Arbulhnot. 
—To carry in the mind, as love, hate.—The coward bore 
the man immortal fpite. Dryden. —That inviolable love I 
bear to the land of my nativity, prevailed upon me to en¬ 
gage in fo bold an attempt. Swift. —To endure, as pain, 
without (inking.—It was not an enemy that reproached 
me, then I could have borne it. PJ'alms .—To f uller ; to 
undergo, as'punifhmerit or misfortune. — I have borne cltal- 
tifements, I will not offend any more. Job. —To permit ; 
to fuff’er without refentment : 
Not the gods, nor angry Jove, will bear 
Thy lawlefs wand’ring walks in upper air. Dryden. 
To be capable of; to admit. — In all criminal cafes, the 
moft favourable interpretation fhould be put upon the 
words that they pofiibly can bear. Swift. —To produce, 
as fruit.—There be fome plants that bear no flower, and 
yet bear fruit : there be fome that bear flowers, and no 
fruit: there be fome that bear neither flowers nor fruit. 
Bacon. —To bring forth, as a child.—Ye know that my 
wife bare two fons. Gcnefis. —To give birth to ; to be the 
native place of: 
’Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore, 
But now felf-banifh’d from his native fhore. Dryden. 
To poflefs, as power or honour: 
When vice prevails, and impious men bear fway, 
The poll of honour is a private ftation. * Addifon. 
To gain; to win: commonly with away.. —Becaufe the 
Greek and Latin have ever borne away the prerogative 
from all other tongues, they fliall ferve as touchllones to 
make our trials by. Camden. —To maintain ; to keep up. 
To fupport any thing good or bad.—I was carried on to 
obferve, how they did bear their fortunes, and how they 
did employ their times. Bacon. —To exhibit. To be an- 
lwerable for.—If I bring him not unto thee, let me bear 
the blame. Genefis. 
O more than madmen ! you yourfelves fhall bear 
The guilt of blood and facrilegious war. Dryden. 
To fupply.—What have you under your arm ? Somewhat 
that will bear your charges in your pilgrimage ? Dryden. 
—To be the objeff of. This is unufual : 
I'll be your father and your brother too ; 
Let me but bear your love, I’ll bear your cares. Shakefp. 
To behave ; to a£I in any chara£ler.—Hath he borne him- 
felf penitent in prifon ? Shakefpeare. —To hold, to reftrain, 
with off. —Do you fuppofe the date of this realm to be 
now fo feebie, that it cannot bear iff a greater blow than 
this ? Hayward. —To impel, to urge, to pufh, with fome 
particle denoting the direition, of the impulfe, as down, 
on, back, forward: 
Contention, like a horfe 
Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loofe. 
And bears down all before him. Shakefpeare. 
To condufl, to manage ; to prefs.—Thefe men bear hard 
upon the- fufpedied party, and purfue her clofe through 
all her windings. Addifon. —To incite, to animate: 
But confidence then bore thee on ; fecure 
Either to meet no danger, or to find 
Matter of glorious trial. Milton. 
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To Bear a Body. A colour is faid to bear a b'ody in 
painting, when it is capable of being ground fo fine, and 
mixing with the oil fo entirely, as to feem only a very thick 
oil of the fame colour. 
To Bear Date. To carry the mark of the time when 
any thing was written. 
To Bear a Price. To have a certain value. 
To Bear in Hand. To amufe with falfe pretences; to 
deceive : 
Your daughter, whom fhe bore in hand to love 
With finch integrity, ihe did confefs, 
Was as a fcorpion to her light. Shakefpeare. 
To Bear Off. To carry avyay : 
Give but the word, we’ll fnatch this damfel up, 
And bear her off. Addifon. 
D Bear Our. To fupport; to maintain; to defend. 
—Company only can hear a man out in an ill thing. South. 
To Bear, v. n. To fuffer pain ; 
- Stranger, ceale thy cure ; 
Wife is the foul; but nian is born to bear ; 
Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious fcales, 
And the good hitlers while the bad prevails. Pope. 
To be patient: 
I cannot, cannot bear ; ’tis paff, ’tis done ; 
Perifh this impious, this detelled, fon ! Dryden. 
To be fruitful or prolific.—A fruit-tree hath been blown 
up almoff: by the roots, and let up again, and the next 
year bear exceedingly. Bacon. —To take effedt; to fucceed. 
To abt in any character. To tend ; to be di red ted to any 
point: with a particle to determine the meaning; as, up, 
away, onward. —The oily drops, fwimmingon the fpiritof 
wine, moved refilefsly to and fro, fometimes bearinp up to 
one another, as if all were to unite into one body; and 
then falling off', and continuing to fhift places. Boyle. 
Never did men more joyfully obey, 
With fuch alacrity they bore away. Dryden. 
To adt as an impellent, opponent, or as a reciprocal pow¬ 
er : generally with the particles upon or againjl. —Becaufe 
the operations to be performed by the teeth require a con- 
fiderable flrength in the inffruments which move the lower 
jaw, nature hath provided this with ffrong mufcles, to 
make it bear forcibly againf the upper jaw. Ray .— The 
weight of the body doth bear mod upon the knee joints, in 
raifing itfelf up ; and moll upon the mufcles of the thighs, 
in coming down. V/ilhins. — 'I o adt upon.—Spinola, with 
his (hot, did bear upon thofe within, who appeared upon 
the walls. Hayward. —To he iituated with refpedt toother 
places : as, this mountain bears weft of the promontory. 
To Bear Up. To (land firm without falling; not to 
fink ; not to faint or fail.—Perfons in diftrefs may (peak of 
thenifelves with dignity ; it (hews a greatnefs of foul, that 
they bear up againft the dorms of fortune. Broome. —The 
confeioufnefs of integrity, the fenfe of a life fpent in doing 
good, will enable a man to bear up under any change of 
circumftances. Atlerbury. 
To Bear With. To endure an unpleafing thing. 
BEAR,yi [ bera , Sax. urfus, I.at.} A rough favage ani¬ 
mal. See Ursus. —Some have falfely reported,.that bears 
bring their young into the world fnapetefs, and that their 
dams lick them into form. The dams go no longer than 
thirty days, and generally produce five young ones. In 
the winter, they lie hid and afleep, the male forty days, 
and the female four months ; and fo foundly for the firlk 
fourteen days, that blows will not wake them. In the 
fteepy feafon, they are faid to have no nourilhinent but 
from licking their feet. This animal has naturally an 
hideous look, but when enraged it is terrible ; and, as 
rough and ftupid as it feems to be, it is capable of difci- 
pline ; it leaps, dances, and plays a thouland little tricks, 
at the found of a trumpet. Calmet. 
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