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To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.

To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.

(chiefly Northumbria, Scotland, archaic) Grief; suffering; trouble.

(Northeast Midlands, Northern England) Of the doing of a task: with concentration; laboriously.

(Northeast Midlands, Northern England) Chiefly of the falling of rain: without pause or stop; continuously, incessantly.

(Lancashire, Scotland) Slowly, tediously.