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Synonyms for bear out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bair
Phonetic Transcription : bɛər

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Définition of bear out

Origin :
  • Old English beran "to bear, bring; bring forth, produce; to endure, sustain; to wear" (class IV strong verb; past tense bær, past participle boren), from Proto-Germanic *beranan (cf. Old Saxon beran, Old Frisian bera, Old High German beran, German gebären, Old Norse bera, Gothic bairan "to carry, bear, give birth to"), from PIE root *bher- (1) meaning both "give birth" (though only English and German strongly retain this sense, and Russian has beremennaya "pregnant") and "carry a burden, bring" (see infer).
  • Ball bearings "bear" the friction. Many senses are from notion of "move onward by pressure." Old English past tense bær became Middle English bare; alternative bore began to appear c.1400, but bare remained the literary form till after 1600. Past participle distinction of borne for "carried" and born for "given birth" is from late 18c. To bear (something) in mind is from 1530s.
  • verb substantiate
Example sentences :
  • This mark on the counterpane appears to bear out that theory.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • Nor was there any person who might bear out a story invented on the spur of the moment.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • This seemed, to me, to bear out all that I have said to you.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • And as if to bear out his surmise he heard at that moment the noise of wheels behind him.
  • Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy
  • The observations of my aeroplanes seemed also to bear out this estimate.
  • Extract from : « World's War Events, Vol. I » by Various
  • The appearance of the Flyaway seemed to bear out this statement.
  • Extract from : « The Rival Campers Ashore » by Ruel Perley Smith
  • How can we bear out our pretence, for I am no learned clerk.
  • Extract from : « Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race » by Maud Isabel Ebbutt
  • The pictorial authorities do not bear out any such conclusion.
  • Extract from : « Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages » by Edward Lewes Cutts
  • All the facts in the case seem to bear out this supposition.
  • Extract from : « The Indians of the Painted Desert Region » by George Wharton James
  • That will bear out Clipperton's story when I put him on the stand.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Race » by Stanley R. Matthews

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