downbear

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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14
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16
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8

Definition of downbear

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To bear, bring or carry down.
    “Immediately from the downborne elements sprung forth The Word of The God to the pure creation of all Nature, …”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To bear, bring or carry down.
    “Immediately from the downborne elements sprung forth The Word of The God to the pure creation of all Nature, …”
  2. (transitive)To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
    “Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears the stomach, thus downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat.”
    “Together, these points supplement the qi to help upbear the clear and downbear the turbid when needled with supplementing method.”
    “When one relaxes physically as well as mentally, whatever qi should be upborne is upborne and whatever qi should be downborne is downborne.”
  3. (transitive)To lessen; reduce.
    “The stomach channel's uniting point, Zu San Li, is chosen in order to drain the stomach and downbear counterflow.”

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Etymology

From Middle English dounberen, equivalent to down- + bear.

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