English

Verb

bear out ‎(third-person singular simple present bears out, present participle bearing out, simple past bore out, past participle borne out)

1. (transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.

   It was a promising idea, but the evidence did not bear out their theory.

2. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
   • South

     Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing.