Lear
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lear is a noun meaning Something learned; a lesson.
Meaning
Something learned; a lesson.
More Meanings
- Learning, lore; doctrine.
- (transitive, Scotland) To teach.
- (intransitive) To learn.
- Alternative form of lehr.
Example Sentences
They dressed up in maids' array, And passd for sisters fair; With ae consent gaed ower the sea, For to seek after lear.
when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].
'Foul befa' him and his lear too! It maun be o' some new-fangled kind, I think. Our auld minister had lear enough, baith Hebrew and Latin, and he believed in witches and warlocks, honest man, like ony ither sober, godly person.'
Word Forms
- lears
- learing
- leared
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leer, erudition, scholarship, lore, learning, knowledge.
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