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▪ I. upˈbearing, vbl. n. [up- 7. Cf. upbear v.] The action of carrying, raising, taking or holding up; support, sustaining.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxxx. 1 Vpberyng of een withouten is signe of pryde. a1400Prymer (1891) 23 Wonderful been the upberynges of the se. c1440Promp. Parv. 512/2 Vpberynge, supportacio. 1501Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 114 The chekker..passit to Schir Adam Crechtonis hous, for upbering of the rollis. 1513Jas. IV Let. in Hall Chron., Hen. VIII (1548) 30 The greate wronges..quhilk we haue suffred this long time in vpberyng, maynsweryng, noun⁓redressyng of Attemptates. 1878Spurgeon Treas. Dav. V. 48 A most fitting accompaniment to the upbearing of the ark. 188519th Cent. June 967 The patient upbearing against hardship. ▪ II. upbearing, ppl. a. see up- 6 b. |