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Play by William Shakespeare
King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in late 1605 or early 1606. Set in pre-Roman Britain, the play depicts
King_Lear
Play by Edward Bond
Lear is a 1971 three-act play by the British dramatist Edward Bond. It is a rewrite of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The play was first produced at
Lear_(play)
Topics referred to by the same term
of Britain Lear (play), a 1971 Edward Bond play Lear (opera), a 1978 opera by Aribert Reimann The Last Lear, a 2007 Indian play The Lears, a 2017 American
Lear
French singer, actress, television presenter
Amanda Lear (French pronunciation: [amɑ̃da liʁ]; née Tap or Tapp) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress and former model
Amanda_Lear
British actress (born 1980)
Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet, with the Royal Shakespeare Company. From July to August 2008, Brooke played Dorothy Gale in the musical
Siân_Brooke
British artist and writer (1812–1888)
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense
Edward_Lear
American screenwriter and producer (1922–2023)
Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during
Norman_Lear
Shakespearian character
fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear. Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly
Cordelia_(King_Lear)
1983 British television play
King Lear (1983) is a video production of William Shakespeare's 1606 play of the same name, directed by Michael Elliott. It was broadcast in 1983 in the
King_Lear_(1983_TV_programme)
2007 Indian film by Rituparno Ghosh
The Last Lear is a 2007 Indian English-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film won the National Award of India for Best Feature Film
The_Last_Lear
2018 British-American TV movie
King Lear is a 2018 television film directed by Richard Eyre. An adaptation of the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, cut to just 115 minutes
King_Lear_(2018_film)
Play written by David Williamson
King Lear is a 1978 Australian play by David Williamson. It is an adaptation of King Lear by William Shakespeare. The play is commonly regarded as among
King_Lear_(Williamson_play)
British television and radio journalist
Louise Lear (born Tracy Louise Barden, 14 December 1967) is a British television and radio journalist who works as a presenter for BBC Weather. She has
Louise_Lear
British actor (born 1948)
King Lear. He played Gonzalo in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in May 2016. He also played Solly Two Kings in the play by August
Joseph_Marcell
Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of "King Lear"
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's King Lear. It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's
The_History_of_King_Lear
Character in King Lear
Lear. He is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, and the younger brother of Edgar, the Earl's legitimate son. In the first act of the play
Edmund_(King_Lear)
Character in Shakespeare's play
Regan is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear, the daughter of the king named after a King of the Britons recorded by the
Regan_(King_Lear)
American aviator and conspiracy theorist (1942–2022)
John Olsen Lear (December 3, 1942 – March 29, 2022) was an American aviator and UFO conspiracy theorist. A son of Learjet magnate Bill Lear, Lear set multiple
John_Lear
1971 film by Grigori Kozintsev
King Lear (Russian: Король Лир, romanized: Korol Lir) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on William Shakespeare's play King
King_Lear_(1971_Soviet_film)
Crater on Oberon
that upwelled from Oberon's interior. It was named after King Lear in Shakespeare's play of the same name, it was discovered by Voyager and was named in
Lear_(crater)
Character in Shakespeare's King Lear
is a character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear's three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril
Goneril
1892 play
Yiddish King Lear (Yiddish: דער ייִדישער קעניג ליר, romanized: Der Yidisher Kenig Lir, also known as The Jewish King Lear) was an 1892 play by Jacob Gordin
The_Yiddish_King_Lear
British actor and writer (born 1942)
Comedy of Errors playing Pinch; in King Lear playing Edmund; Troilus and Cressida playing Achilles; and in Much Ado About Nothing playing Don Pedro. His
Robin_Ellis
British actor (born 1988)
Theatre School and performed in many stage productions, including King Lear, playing Cornwall, and Richard Sheridan's comedy School for Scandal, as Joseph
Shazad_Latif
1953 live television adaptation by Peter Brook
King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play staged by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. Preserved on kinescope, it aired
King_Lear_(1953_film)
Anonymous Elizabethan play
Stationers' Register on 15 May 1594. The play has attracted critical attention principally for its relationship with King Lear, Shakespeare's version of the same
King_Leir
American businesswoman, wife of Bill Lear (1915–2001)
Moya was introduced to Bill Lear by her father in his dressing room in 1938 while she was writing "The Book" for the play. She told Victor Boesen that
Moya_Lear
1971 film by Peter Brook
King Lear is a 1971 film adaptation of the Shakespearean play, written for the screen and directed by Peter Brook. It stars Paul Scofield in the title
King_Lear_(1971_British_film)
British actor (born 1990)
production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award
Paapa_Essiedu
English actor (1931–2020)
West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear, and the HBO film The Last of
Ian_Holm
1987 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard
King Lear is a 1987 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and produced by Cannon Films, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play in the avant-garde style
King_Lear_(1987_film)
American theatre director
Lear deBessonet is an American theatre director who currently works as the Kewsong Lee Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater. For her work, she has
Lear_deBessonet
Australian rules footballer
Darcy Connor Lear (7 June 1898 – 20 June 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). "World
Darcy_Lear
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
of Gloucester and the murder of Lear's youngest daughter, Cordelia. According to the critic Frank Kermode, "the play...offers neither its good characters
William_Shakespeare
English actress (born 1946)
included Cordelia in King Lear, both in Nottingham and at The Old Vic. She made her Broadway debut in March 1971 when she played Araminta in the original
Penelope_Wilton
Plays of the English playwright
plots should be grounded in history. For example, King Lear is probably an adaptation of an older play, King Leir, and the Henriad probably derived from The
Shakespeare's_plays
American operatic soprano
Evelyn Shulman Lear (January 8, 1926 – July 1, 2012) was an American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic
Evelyn_Lear
Scottish actor and director
London. In 2012, he returned to the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow to play the lead in King Lear alongside George Costigan. In March 2014, Hayman presented a BBC
David_Hayman
British actor
Kingdom, a modern day re-telling of Shakespeare's King Lear playing The Fool opposite Richard Harris's Lear. He worked consistently on TV until he landed his
Reece_Noi
Welsh actor (born 1937)
Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear (his favourite Shakespeare play), Coriolanus, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In 1985
Anthony_Hopkins
American actor (1924–2001)
Norman Lear asked him to come to New York City and star in a series that he was creating for ABC titled Justice for All. Lear recruited O'Connor to play the
Carroll_O'Connor
Painting by Benjamin West
artist Benjamin West. It depicts an episode from William Shakespeare's play King Lear. Drawn from Act 3, Scene 4 of the tragedy, it shows the king refusing
King_Lear_in_the_Storm
It was based on King Lear, "the Shakespeare play with which Verdi struggled for so many years, but without success". The Re Lear project is widely considered
Re_Lear
British actress
the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for King Lear in 2011, Dear England in 2024, and The Years in 2025. McKee was born in Peterlee
Gina_McKee
1963 American comedy film
comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin from a screenplay by Norman Lear, based on the 1961 play of the same name by Neil Simon. The film stars Frank Sinatra
Come_Blow_Your_Horn_(film)
American actress and producer (born 1977)
groups. She will also reunite with Pacino in Lear Rex, an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, playing Goneril. She will also star in the upcoming supernatural
Jessica_Chastain
American actor
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He is known for playing C.O. Louis Patterson on the Fox series Prison Break. Van Lear was born in Aurora
Phillip_Edward_Van_Lear
American actor (born 1941)
performed the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 2008, he played Merlin in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot, done with
Stacy_Keach
1985 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa
father. Although the film became heavily inspired by Shakespeare's play King Lear, Kurosawa began using it only after he had started preparations for
Ran_(film)
American sitcom (1971–1979)
by blowing a raspberry. Former child actor Mickey Rooney was Lear's first choice to play Archie, but Rooney declined the offer because of the strong potential
All_in_the_Family
English writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
& Woodland Fungi Lear 2007, p. 125, p.482nn58 Lear 2007, pp. 30–1 Lear 2007, p. 95. She liked to memorise his plays by heart. Lear 2007, p. 35. Beatrix
Beatrix_Potter
1975 American television situation comedy series
Baltimore is a 1975 American sitcom created by Norman Lear, adapted from the 1973 off-Broadway play The Hot l Baltimore by Lanford Wilson. The show takes
Hot_l_Baltimore
Canadian actor (born 1958)
Oliver! In 2009 he played the main role of Macbeth in the play Macbeth, the main role of Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, and Lear in King Lear in 2014, all performed
Colm_Feore
Nonsense poem by Edward Lear
nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1870 in the American magazine Our Young Folks and again the following year in Lear's own book Nonsense Songs
The_Owl_and_the_Pussy-Cat
Tragedies written by William Shakespeare
Hamlet and his mother behind the arras in the Queen's chamber. The story of Lear appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regium Britanniae c. 1135, and
Shakespearean_tragedy
American actress (born 1958)
was released at Audible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of the Public Theatre's
Annette_Bening
2017 novel by British novelist Edward St Aubyn
Shakespeare's King Lear, the novel was commissioned as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series. The novel retells the Shakespeare play King Lear as part of the
Dunbar_(novel)
English actor (1934–2024)
seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s. West played King Lear (four times) and Macbeth (twice) along with other notable roles in
Timothy_West
American sitcom (1975–1985)
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom television series created by Norman Lear, which aired on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting eleven
The_Jeffersons
Scottish actor (born 1946)
the title role in King Lear (1990–1991). His account of the emotional and physical difficulties that came with playing King Lear's all-consuming role was
Brian_Cox_(actor)
English actor
2023. Walsh, Simon. "Theatre reviews: The Merchant of Venice 1936, King Lear, and Hamnet (various theatres)". Church Times. Archived from the original
Phoebe_Campbell
Cat owned by Edward Lear
favourite of Lear's and played an important role as a companion in the poet's lonely later years. Foss is mentioned frequently in Lear's correspondence and
Foss_(cat)
British actress
two-time Tony Award nominee for her performances in Constellations and King Lear on Broadway. She has won a Golden Globe for her role in The Affair and received
Ruth_Wilson
British actor and author (born 1964)
began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost (1990). On television, he is known for his roles
Paterson_Joseph
American television director (1940–2026)
Award–winning ABC specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience, including Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" in 2019, "All in the Family" and
James_Burrows
Topics referred to by the same term
given name, most notably referring to: Cordelia (King Lear), a character in Shakespeare's play King Lear Cordelia may also refer to: Cordélia (film), a 1980
Cordelia_(disambiguation)
American television sitcom (1974–1979)
by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African-American two-parent family sitcom. It
Good_Times
British actor
Retrieved 5 May 2020. "King Lear, Theatre Royal Bath, until August 10, 1 August 2013". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020. "King Lear – review, 1 August 2013"
Samuel_Edward-Cook
English actor (born 1974)
2008). "King Lear". Variety. Retrieved 10 June 2019. Cavendish, Dominic (5 February 2009). "King Lear at the Young Vic, review: more Lear, less madness"
Tobias_Menzies
Australian rules footballer
James Laurence McLear (21 December 1896 – 26 November 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League
Jim_McLear
Magnetic tape sound recording format
The Stereo 8 Cartridge was created in 1965 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors
8-track_cartridge
American media holding company founded by Norman Lear
a 1988 interview in The Wall Street Journal, Lear explained the name by noting that in a Shakespeare play, there are always more than three acts and that
Act_III_Communications
Australian actress (born 1987)
and the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play. Her other theatre credits include roles in King Lear (2009), The Master Builder (2016) and Saint Joan
Sarah_Snook
Canadian actor and stage director (born 1939)
the Citadel Theater, Edmonton, he played the lead in King Lear and was appointed associate director. In 1985 he played Stalin there in David Pownall's Master
Len_Cariou
Play written by Alex Lin
King Lear is a play written by Alex Lin and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody. Part of 59E59 Theaters' winter 2025–2026 season, it reinterprets King Lear in
Laowang
British author (1916–1981)
(1978) Willie (1979) 1955: The Leopard (play) set in Tanganyika. Connaught Theatre, Worthing 1956: Mister Lear (play) Connaught Theatre, Worthing 1957: Rise
Robin_Maugham
Works by the English playwright
'King Lear', The Riverside Shakespeare (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974), 1249. R.A. Foakes, ed. King Lear. London: Arden, 1997), 89–90. "King Lear". A.R
List of works by William Shakespeare
List_of_works_by_William_Shakespeare
Possible order of composition of Shakespeare's plays
called. Mr William Shakespeare his historye of Kinge Lear." First published: version of the play published in quarto in 1608 as M. William Shakspeare:
Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
Chronology_of_Shakespeare's_plays
1999 film by Brian Blessed
King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with
King_Lear_(1999_film)
American actor (born 1962)
in 2025. From January 23 to February 8, 2026, Potts played the title role in the play King Lear at the Ellen Stewart Theater. Other cast members included
Michael_Potts_(actor)
Country primarily in North America
Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2010. DeLear, Byron (July 4, 2013). "Who coined 'United States of America'? Mystery might
United_States
Topics referred to by the same term
silent film King Lear (1953 film), an American live television adaptation play staged by Peter Brook, starring Orson Welles King Lear (1971 USSR film)
King_Lear_(disambiguation)
British author
part of that". Williams wrote and directed the play King Lear with Sheep in 2015, a re-telling of King Lear with sheep as its primary performers. Williams'
Missouri_Williams
British actor (born 1940)
play Capulet in Romeo and Juliet in Peter Gill's production, and as Gloucester in Bill Alexander's production of King Lear to Corin Redgrave's Lear.
David_Hargreaves_(actor)
2002 TV film
on William Shakespeare's King Lear and directed by Uli Edel. The film takes the plot of William Shakespeare's King Lear and places it in the Republic
King_of_Texas
English actor (born 1942)
Laurence Olivier Award for his role in a production of King Lear and appearing in the Harold Pinter play No Man's Land at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West
David_Bradley_(English_actor)
United States Army General
Benjamin Lear (12 May 1879 – 1 November 1966) was a United States Army general who served in the Spanish–American War, Philippine Insurrection, World War
Ben_Lear
Annual award for London theatre
Six nominations Prince Hamlet from Hamlet Four nominations King Lear from King Lear Uncle Vanya from Uncle Vanya Three nominations Coriolanus from Coriolanus
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Best_Actor
American television sitcom (1972–1978)
Maude is an American sitcom created by Norman Lear that aired on CBS from September 12, 1972, to April 22, 1978. A spin-off of All in the Family, the series
Maude_(TV_series)
English actress (born 1944)
April 2021. "Stock Photo - Frances de la Tour (Regan), Eric Porter (Lear) in KING LEAR by Shakespeare design: Richard Hudson director: Jonathan Miller The
Frances_de_la_Tour
Musical artist
Graham Lear (born 24 July 1949) is a Canadian rock drummer, best known for his time with Gino Vannelli, Santana and REO Speedwagon. Lear was born in Plymouth
Graham_Lear
British actress
role in the spin-off, Beyond Paradise. On stage, she played Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe in 2008. Bretton has made a number
Sally_Bretton
1998 opera by Toshio Hosokawa
libretto was written in English by Tadashi Suzuki, based on Shakespeare's play King Lear. The opera in two acts includes elements from the traditional Japanese
Vision_of_Lear
British actor (born 1951)
giving it a five-star rating. Warrington performed in the lead role of King Lear in a 2016 Talawa Theatre Company and Royal Exchange, Manchester production
Don_Warrington
British actor (born 1989)
1989) is an English actor who first came to international attention for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2010). Since then, he has
Harry_Melling
American actor, choreographer, clown and comedian (born 1950)
revival of Bye Bye Birdie. In 2011, he appeared in King Lear at the Public Theatre. In 2023, he played Clov in the Irish Repertory Theatre's Off-Broadway production
Bill_Irwin
American television sitcom (1975–1984)
was recorded at Universal Studios. Like many sitcoms developed by Norman Lear, One Day at a Time often tackled serious issues in life and relationships
One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)
One_Day_at_a_Time_(1975_TV_series)
Scottish writer
William Lear (26 October 1953 – 26 December 2008) was a Scottish writer of science fiction and horror, whose credits included the 1984 BBC Radio 4 play Why
Alan_W._Lear
British actor (born 1949)
he played Gloucester in the BBC Two production of King Lear acting alongside Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Florence Pugh. In 2018, he played Hans
Jim_Broadbent
1949 Indian film
Shakespeare's play King Lear was the inspiration for the core plot. However the writers changed the tone from the tragedy of King Lear to a more entertaining
Gunasundari_Katha
LEAR PLAY
LEAR PLAY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a reduced and altered form of Scottish McLaren.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places in northern France named with the Germanic element lÄr ‘clearing’.English : variant of Layer.English : nickname from Old English hlÄ“or ‘cheek’, ‘face’Irish : reduced Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’, ‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pe(e)re ‘pear’ (Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum), a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of pears, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree or pear orchard.English : nickname from Middle English pere ‘peer’, ‘companion’ (Old French pe(e)r, from Latin par ‘equal’).Jewish : Americanization of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname; e.g. possibly a shortened form of a surname such as Pearl, Pearlman, or Pearlstein.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and Irish
Scottish and Irish : possibly a reduced and altered form of McLeish.English : see Lees 2.Americanized form of German Lasch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English nickname Bere meaning ‘bear’ (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or possibly from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with this first element. Compare for example Bernhard. The bear has generally been regarded with a mixture of fear and amusement because of its strength and unpredictable temper on the one hand and its clumsy gait on the other, and in the medieval period it was also thought to typify the sins of sloth and gluttony. All these characteristics are no doubt reflected in the nickname. Throughout the Middle Ages the bear was a familiar figure in popular entertainments such as bear baiting and dancing bears.English : variant spelling of the habitational name Beer.Probably a translation of cognates of 1 in other languages, for example German Baer, and also an Americanized spelling of German Bahr.
Boy/Male
Indian
Near and Dear One
Female
English
 Old English name LEA means "meadow." Compare with another form of Lea.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
Boy/Male
English Shakespearean
Shakespearian king.
Boy/Male
Native American
Lean bear.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of Old English Lea, LEAH means "meadow." Compare with other forms of Leah.
Female
Hebrew
(לֵ×ָה) Hebrew name LEAH means "weary." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's first wife. Compare with other forms of Leah.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived by the Wear river in northern England. The river name is ancient, occuring in the form Vedra in Ptolemy’s Geographia; it is probably a Celtic word meaning ‘water’.English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived near a dam or weir, a variant spelling of Ware 1, or a habitational name from a place called Weare, in Devon and Somerset, from Old English wær, wer ‘weir’.
Female
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew Leah, LEA means "weary." Compare with another form of Lea.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Near and Dear One
Boy/Male
Australian, German
Bear; Courageous
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : unexplained. The name is recorded in both England and Scotland. It may be a variant of Scottish Lour, a habitational name from Lour, formerly a part of the parish of Meathielour.Possibly also German : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Leake.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish McLean.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German, Shakespearean
Shakespearian King; Of the Meadow
LEAR PLAY
LEAR PLAY
Girl/Female
Indian, Kashmiri, Sanskrit
A Row Clouds
Girl/Female
Tamil
Durga, Agile, Efficient, Swift
Girl/Female
English
Bright or famous.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Maargit | மாரà¯à®•ீத
Pearl
Boy/Male
Danish Hebrew
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Stainless
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Polish
Courageous; Valiant; Man; Warrior
Boy/Male
English
Protected by God.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of a Mountain
LEAR PLAY
LEAR PLAY
LEAR PLAY
LEAR PLAY
LEAR PLAY
v. t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
v. t.
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
n.
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
v. i.
To draw near; to approach.
superl.
Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
v. t.
To learn. See Lere, to learn.
n.
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
v. t.
To learn.
a.
See Leer, a.
n.
A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
v. t.
To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
n.
An annealing oven. See Leer, n.
n.
Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
adv.
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
v. t.
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
v. t.
To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
v. t.
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
a.
Pertaining to leap year.
v. t.
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.