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单词 down-bearing
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down-bearingn.

Forms: see downbear v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downbear v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < downbear v. + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
The action of bearing or bringing someone or something down; suppression; oppression.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming
conquestc1315
overcoming1340
vanquishment1593
overbearing1596
overwielding1597
down-bearing1629
overwhelming1645
overwhelmment1866
1629 E. Bolton Cities Aduocate iii. 40 To celebrate the feast of their Apprentiship in the peculiar garbe thereof, which they should doe well and wisely to frequent for downe-bearing of contumelie, and scorne.
1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 44 For the down bearing of the Gospel.
1730 Cloud of Witnesses (ed. 3) 341 Although that men be this day employing their Power and Strength for the down bearing of the Church of God, yet all that Burdens themselves with her shall be dashed in pieces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).

down-bearingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downbear v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < downbear v. + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete.
That bears or brings someone or something down; that descends forcefully upon someone or something; oppressive.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > oppressed or afflicted > oppressive
oppressinga1475
vexable?c1525
oppressful1606
sweatfula1618
oppressive1647
down-bearing1690
1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 228 Such a full down-bearing Perswasion.
1827 Morning Herald 3 Aug. Then came the wind—rush, rush, rush, in heavy and down-bearing squalls.
1869 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 25 Oct. His pride and downbearing demeanour, if they provoked a splendid resistance, were deemed worthy his personal nobility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).
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