Stear

name, verb

name, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of steer. alt-of, obsolete

    "And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]"

Etymology

Variant spelling of Steer, Stair, or Stare.

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