outbear

English

Etymology

From Middle English outberen, equivalent to out- +‎ bear. Cognate with Danish udbære, Swedish utbära.

Verb

outbear (third-person singular simple present outbears, present participle outbearing, simple past outbore, past participle outborne)

1. (transitive) To bear out; support.
   • 1860, William Caldwell Roscoe, Richard Holt Hutton, Poems and essays: Volume 2:

     This song of soul I struggle to outbear, […]

   • 1878, The New York Drama: no. 37-48:

     I marvel at myself, that e'er I yielded
     This amorous enterprise even to you,
     But that my loyalty outbears my love.

Anagrams

• U-boater, bear out