upbear
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of upbear
First recorded in 1250–1300, upbear is from the Middle English word upberen. See up-, bear 1
Example Sentences
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The white bones, which my body's wreck outlast, Girdled in flowing black they will upbear, Sprinkle with rare, old wine, and gently cast In bath of snowy milk, with pious care.
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.
The heavenly quality of them would upbear the vessel and cargo.
From The Development of Embroidery in America by Wheeler, Candace
How pleasant is the course along a new river, the sight of new shores; like a life, would but life flow as fast, and upbear us with as full a stream.
From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Fuller, Margaret
How pleasant is the course along a new river, the sight of new shores! like a life, would but life flow as fast, and upbear us with as full a stream.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.
What shall I say of those fair buildings, which ’tis so wonderful to see the ground among those fens upbear?’
From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Kingsley, Charles
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