different between abear vs aberr

English

Etymology

From Middle English aberen, from Old English ?beran (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ?- (“away, out”), ar- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberan? (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to a- +? bear. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbairan).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b??/, [??b??]
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b??/, [??b??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

abear (third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past abore, past participle aborn or aborne)

1. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear. [from 9th c.]
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry. [10th-15th c.]
3. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself. [16th-17th c.]

Usage notes

• (endure): Used in the negative nowadays.

Derived terms

• abearance
• abearing

Noun

abear (plural abears)

1. (obsolete) Bearing, behavior. [14th-17th c.]

Anagrams

• Abaré, Areba, Raabe, abare

English

Etymology

Latin aberr? (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from, away from”) +? err? (“stray”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

aberr (third-person singular simple present aberrs, present participle aberring, simple past and past participle aberred)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go astray; to err. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]
2. (transitive, rare) Distort; aberrate. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

References

Anagrams

• Barre, Berra, Raber, arber, barer, barre, berra, rebar