downbear

English

Etymology

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

Verb

downbear (third-person singular simple present downbears, present participle downbearing, simple past downbore, past participle downborne)

1. (transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
   • 1882, Hermes (Trismegistus.), John David Chambers (1805-1893), The theological and philosophical works of Hermes Trismegistus:

     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.
   • 1997, Bob Flaws, Curing Insomnia Naturally with Chinese Medicine:

     Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears the stomach, thus downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat.

   • 2000, Philippe Sionneau, Lü Gang, The Treatment of Disease in Tmc: General Symptoms:

     Together, these points supplement the qi to help upbear the clear and downbear the turbid when needled with supplementing method.

   • 2007, Bruce H. Robinson, Biomedicine:

     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.
   • 1998, Bob Flaws, Sticking to the Point:

     The stomach channel's uniting point, Zu San Li, is chosen in order to drain the stomach and downbear counterflow.

Anagrams

• bear down, raw-boned, rawboned