Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
barse .
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- noun Plural form of bear.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bear .
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Examples
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On March 29, 1896, in a tube factory on Halsted Street the name bears no connection to Halsted the surgeon in Chicago, Grubbe began to bombard Rose Lee, an elderly woman with breast cancer, with radiation using an improvised X-ray tube.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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On March 29, 1896, in a tube factory on Halsted Street the name bears no connection to Halsted the surgeon in Chicago, Grubbe began to bombard Rose Lee, an elderly woman with breast cancer, with radiation using an improvised X-ray tube.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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On March 29, 1896, in a tube factory on Halsted Street the name bears no connection to Halsted the surgeon in Chicago, Grubbe began to bombard Rose Lee, an elderly woman with breast cancer, with radiation using an improvised X-ray tube.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Mr Orme holds, apparently on good grounds, that this sermon was really delivered before the House of Commons, not in February 1649, as the title bears, but in February 1650.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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But, at the other side of the Atlantic, the term bears
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Now, this supplementary capital which the purchasing butcher gives for the title bears interest; it is not a new creation; this interest must enter into the price of his meat.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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And its title bears an uncanny resemblance to that written in 1995 by another young lawyer, just prior to launching his political career.
Podolski's Goal Brings Relief GABRIELE MARCOTTI 2010
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And its title bears an uncanny resemblance to that written in 1995 by another young lawyer, just prior to launching his political career.
Podolski's Goal Brings Relief GABRIELE MARCOTTI 2010
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And its title bears an uncanny resemblance to that written in 1995 by another young lawyer, just prior to launching his political career.
Podolski's Goal Brings Relief GABRIELE MARCOTTI 2010
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Apparently the length of your title bears no relation to your intelligence in McGuinty's government.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: February 2004 Archives 2004
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