underbearv.
Now rare.† 3. To introduce, apply. Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To sustain, suffer, endure. Also absol.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
abeareOE
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
bidec1200
suffera1250
abidec1275
drinka1340
endure1340
underfong1382
receivec1384
abyea1393
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
get?c1430
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
a dog's lifea1528
tolerate1531
to stand to ——1540
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
to stand under ——a1616
to fall a victim to1764
the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
takec1175
bidec1200
suffera1250
leadc1330
drinka1340
endure1340
wielda1375
underfong1382
receivec1384
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
tolerate1531
to go through ——1535
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]
to bear upeOE
underbearc950
bearOE
holdc1000
weighc1200
to hold up1297
upholda1300
sustainc1330
undersetc1330
comforta1382
underbear1382
upbear1390
sustaina1398
upkeepc1412
carrya1425
supporta1425
chargea1500
convey1514
avoke1529
confirm1542
stay1548
to carry up1570
bolster1581
lift1590
upstay1590
atlas1593
sustent1605
statuminatea1628
firm1646
appui1656
establish1664
shoulder1674
to keep up1681
upheave1729
withhold1769
c950 in J. Stevenson Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840) 13 Subportantes invicem, vnderbearað bitvien.
a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) v. 24 Mid geþylde underberende [L. supportantes] gemænelice & forgyfende eow sylfum.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 84 Uirtue makeþ wynne heuene..and alle þe kueades of þe wordle onderbere and gledliche þolye.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xii. 14 If forsothe thou bowe doun, he shal not vnderbern [L. supportabit].
a1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Col. iii. 13 Onderberande oþþer oþer and forgifande.
a1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Heb. xiii. 22 I preye ȝou..þat ȝee vndyrbere [L. sufferatis] pacyently þe woord of solace.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 65 Get thee gone, And leaue those woes alone, which I alone Am bound to vnder-beare . View more context for this quotation
1654 Trag. Alphonsus iv. 48 I am not able for to underbear The weight of sorrow which doth bruze my soul.
1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride iv. i. 48 All Pains and Tortures That..dire Revenge can think, Shall he accumulated under-bear.
1888 G. Young tr. Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus in Dramas 265 My misery No mortal but myself can underbear.
2. To sustain, support, bear up.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]
to bear upeOE
underbearc950
bearOE
holdc1000
weighc1200
to hold up1297
upholda1300
sustainc1330
undersetc1330
comforta1382
underbear1382
upbear1390
sustaina1398
upkeepc1412
carrya1425
supporta1425
chargea1500
convey1514
avoke1529
confirm1542
stay1548
to carry up1570
bolster1581
lift1590
upstay1590
atlas1593
sustent1605
statuminatea1628
firm1646
appui1656
establish1664
shoulder1674
to keep up1681
upheave1729
withhold1769
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezra vi. 3 Cirus the king demede..that thei putte groundis vnderberende [L. supportantia] the heiȝte of sixti cubitus.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares F iij I will corroborate my Crosse Giant-like, to vnder-beare the Atlas burthen of her insolences.
a1596 G. Peele Anglorum Feriæ (?1830) sig. D2 Showe the way, To helpe to underbear with grave advice, The waightie beame whereon the State depends.
a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 154 The first would soon be broken from their bodies, were they not underborn by many branches.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > put in effective operation
yieldc1315
underbear1382
to put forthc1390
showa1398
apply?c1400
to put outc1400
exercisec1405
to put toc1410
employ?1473
enforce1490
exerce1535
adhibit?1538
addict1562
endeavour?1575
work1591
address1598
to give stream to?1611
to lay out1651
exsert1665
exert1682
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Pet. i. 5 Forsothe ȝe vndir beringe, or ȝeuynge, al cure [L. curam omnem subinferentes], mynistre in ȝoure feith vertu.
4. To trim round the lower part.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > trim > other
stripe1471
culpon1587
pampinulate1592
underbear1600
gimp1755
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 20 Cloth a gold..set with pearles,..and skirts, round vnderborne with a blewish tinsell. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
underˈbearing n.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun] > action of suffering
sufferingc1340
tholinga1400
sufferance1426
pain taking1528
sustaining1594
underbearing1597
perpessiona1603
undergoing1612
enduring1659
squirming1804
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > action or fact of supporting
staying1428
shoring1496
supporting1577
supportance1597
underbearing1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 28 Wooing poore craftsmen with the craft of smiles. And patient vnder-bearing of his fortune. View more context for this quotation
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sopportatione, a toleration,..a suffring, a supporting, an vnderbearing.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. vi. 737 To vines so planted there neede no propping or vnderbearing.
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