abearance

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English

Etymology

abear +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛɹ.əns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

abearance (uncountable)

(rare) Behavior.
- 1769, Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England:
  The other species of recognizance, with sureties, is tor the good abearance or good behaviour.

Translations

behavior — see behavior

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abearance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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