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Bear out
//bɛəɹ ˈaʊt// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for. transitive
"It was a promising idea, but the evidence did not bear out their theory."
- 2 support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm wordnet
- 3 To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
"It is company only that can bear a man out in an ill thing"
- 4 To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out. intransitive
"That horse always bears out on the turns."
Etymology
From Middle English beren out, dissimilated from earlier Middle English outberen, equivalent to bear + out.
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