Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), v. i.
   1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to
      barrenness.
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            This age to blossom, and the next to bear. --Dryden.
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   2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
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            But man is born to bear.              --Pope.
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   3. To endure with patience; to be patient.
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            I can not, can not bear.              --Dryden.
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   4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
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            These men bear hard on the suspected party.
                                                  --Addison.
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   5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring
      matters to bear.
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   6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this
      bear on the question?
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   7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
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            Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain
            time upon the platform.               --Hawthorne.
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   8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect
      to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
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   To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a
      lion bears against his prey. [Obs.]

   To bear away (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and
      make her run before the wind.

   To bear back, to retreat. "Bearing back from the blows of
      their sable antagonist." --Sir W. Scott.

   To bear down upon (Naut.), to approach from the windward
      side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy.

   To bear in with (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship
      bears in with the land.

   To bear off (Naut.), to steer away, as from land.

   To bear up.
      (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to
          sink; as, to bear up under afflictions.
      (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put
          the ship before the wind; to bear away. --Hamersly.

   To bear upon (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to
      affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit
      (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear
      upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center.
      

   To bear up to, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to
      one another.

   To bear with, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to
      resent, oppose, or punish.
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