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rebear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-bear
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bear again.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear English rebear From re- + bear.

Inflected Forms

rebears (present, singular) rebearing (participle, present) rebore (past) reborne (participle, past)

Questions

What does rebear mean?
To bear again.
Where does rebear come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear English rebear From re- + bear.

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