v. Obs. [OE. forðberan, f. FORTH adv. + beran to BEAR.] trans. a. In OE.: To bring forth, produce. b. To bear forth, bring out. c. To promote, uphold.
c. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., I. vii. (1890), 34. Þone æþelan Albanum seo wæstmberende Bryton forðbereð.
c. 1305. St. Edmund King, 85, in E. E. P. (1862), 89. Þe wolf makede þo deol ynouȝ, þo hi þat heued forþbere.
c. 1400. trans. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.), 55. Ouer alle þinges it fallys to a kynge to worschipe trew men, to forthbere religious men.
