To bear up Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." Addison.
  2. . (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. Hamersly.
Definitions
  1. . (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. Hamersly.

Webster 1913