Obs. rare. Also 4 beere. [f. BE v. + -ER1.] One who is or exists; sometimes spec. the Self-existent, the great I Am.
1382. Wyclif, Ecclus. xix. 28. Ther is a beere stille [1388 a stille man].
1587. Golding, De Mornay, iii. (1617), 29. He calleth God … the Beer—that is to say; Hee who only is or hath beeing.
1602. Warner, Alb. Eng., XVII. lxxviii. The Beer, Cause Divine in all, all Godheads Essence.
