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- Learning, lore; doctrine
For to seek after lear.
- To learn
To bring about, but they of him it lear.
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- Something learned; a lesson
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- The protagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, based on a legendary king of Britain. British artist and writer of nonsense verse, included in such works as his first Book of Nonsense (1846). Lear Edward Lear Norman Milton Lear William Powell
- {i} family name; legendary king of Britain, protagonist hero of Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear"; Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet and artist, author of books containing nonsense verse and limericks
- the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
- British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- See Lere, to learn
- Lore; lesson
- See Leer, n
- An annealing oven
- See Leer, a
- the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Edward Lear
- (1812-1888) British poet and artist, author of books containing nonsense verse and limericks
- Edward Lear
- a British artist and poet, who wrote the Book of Nonsense, a collection of humorous poems (1812-88). born May 12, 1812, Highgate, near London, Eng. died Jan. 29, 1888, San Remo, Italy English painter and comic poet. From age 15 he earned his living by drawing. Employed to illustrate the earl of Derby's private menagerie in the 1830s, he later produced Book of Nonsense (1846) for the earl's grandchildren. His other works include Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871), containing "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," and Laughable Lyrics (1877). He is best known for popularizing the limerick. He also published volumes of bird and animal drawings and seven illustrated travel books. Epileptic and depressive, he lived mainly abroad after 1837
- King Lear
- {i} tragedy by William Shakespeare; hero of "King Lear" tragedy who was betrayed and abused by two of his conspiring daughters; King Lear Peak, one of the peaks of the Jackson Mountains range in Nevada (USA)
- King Lear
- a play by William Shakespeare about an old king who decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to how much each of them says she loves him. Two daughters, Goneril and Regan, pretend to love him very much, and he divides the kingdom between them. The third daughter, Cordelia, is the only one who really loves him, but she receives nothing because she says that she loves him no more and no less than she should. As a result there are many sad and terrible events, including the deaths of Lear and his three daughters. King Lear
- Norman Lear
- born July 27, 1922, New Haven, Conn., U.S. U.S. producer, writer, and director. He first worked in public relations and later in television as a comedy writer and director (1950-59). He wrote and produced movies such as Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Divorce American Style (1967), and Cold Turkey (1971) before returning to television to create and produce hit series such as All in the Family (1971-83), for which he received four Emmy Awards; Maude (1972-78); Sanford and Son (1972-77); and The Jeffersons (1975-85). He founded the progressive activist group People for the American Way
- Norman Milton Lear
- born July 27, 1922, New Haven, Conn., U.S. U.S. producer, writer, and director. He first worked in public relations and later in television as a comedy writer and director (1950-59). He wrote and produced movies such as Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Divorce American Style (1967), and Cold Turkey (1971) before returning to television to create and produce hit series such as All in the Family (1971-83), for which he received four Emmy Awards; Maude (1972-78); Sanford and Son (1972-77); and The Jeffersons (1975-85). He founded the progressive activist group People for the American Way
- William Powell Lear
- born June 26, 1902, Hannibal, Mo., U.S. died May 14, 1978, Reno, Nev. U.S. electrical engineer and industrialist. Following military service during World War I, he designed a practicable car radio and sold it to the future Motorola, Inc. During and after World War II, his companies Lear Avia and Lear, Inc., built radio navigators, autopilots, and other precision devices for Allied aircraft. In 1963 Lear formed Lear Jet, Inc., which produced small private and corporate jet aircraft. In 1964 he developed the stereo eight-track player for automobiles
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