v. Sc. [BEAR v.1 II.] trans. To maintain, support. Hence Through-bearing vbl. sb. a. Support through (life), livelihood, maintenance. b. Supporting, upholding, maintaining (a cause).
1680. D. Hackston, Lett., 25 July, in Cloud Witnesses (1871), 45. He will perfect His work in me and by me, either to a remarkable delivery, or through-bearing (i. e. upholding) me as He sees most for His own glory.
1730. T. Boston, Mem., vii. (1899), 151. God would provide things necessary for our through-bearing.
1786. A. Gib, Sacr. Contempl., 296. It secures all the outward through-bearing, preservation and protection, leading and guiding.
1813. Chalmers, Lett., 12 Oct., in Life (1850), I. xii. 343. A day of mortification, Everything went against us by the through-bearing of the opposite party.
1857. A. Wallace, Gloaming of Life, i. (1875), 3. She opened a small shop as the means of securing an honest throughbearing.
