Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bear down; depress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bear down; to depress.
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- verb transitive To
bear , bring or carry down. - verb transitive To bear or
press down (on);press upon;depress ;subdue . - verb transitive To
lessen ;reduce .
Etymologies
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From Middle English dounberen, equivalent to down- + bear.
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