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abearance (əˈbɛərəns) [f. abear v. + -ance, being a synonym of abearing, on the analogy of the pairs appearing, appearance, abhorring, abhorrence, etc., formed on vbs. of Romance origin.] Behaviour; always in phr. good abearance.1568 Watson Polybius 93 a, Of their confederates and mates they would c...
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haberance
haˈberance obs. form of abearance.1552 R. Ascham Germany 42 Personal pledges..for his good haberance.
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abearing
† aˈbearing, vbl. n. Obs. (əˈbɛərɪŋ) [f. abear v. + -ing1.] The action of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct. Nearly always in the legal phr. good abearing, which early passed into popular use. Supplanted by the hybrid synonym abearance.1494 Fabyan vi. cliv. 141 That there after he s...
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bearance
ˈbearance (ˈbɛərəns) [f. bear v. + (Romanic suffix) -ance. Cf. abearance, forbearance.] 1. Endurance, patient suffering. arch.1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. 577 Their minds are inured to temperance and bearance. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema I. xvi. 190 ‘You are not what I thought of you,’ I cried, being v...
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overbearance
overbearance (-ˈbɛərəns) [f. prec. + -ance: cf. abearance, forbearance.] † 1. The action of bearing or weighing down; preponderance. Obs.1639 Ld. Digby, etc. Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 121 A confession of the ballances being so equally poysed in this affaire..that the overbearances of either scale is...
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forbearance
forbearance (fəˈbɛərəns) [f. as prec. + -ance. Originally (like abearance) a legal term (sense 3), which accounts for the hybrid formation.] 1. The action or habit of forbearing, dispensing with, refraining or abstaining from (some action or thing). Const. of, from, to with inf.1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. V...
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