Inbear

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To carry in; bring in; furnish; provide; supply; put forth. transitive

    "[...] and in part imputeth it, that the river Rother is not contained in its channel, and so loseth its force to carry away the seas and beach, which the sea doth inbear into the haven."

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"[...] and in part imputeth it, that the river Rother is not contained in its channel, and so loseth its force to carry away the seas and beach, which the sea doth inbear into the haven."

Etymology

From Middle English inberen, from Old English inberan (“to carry in, bring in”); equivalent to in- + bear. Doublet of infer.

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