Definition of "bearen"

They looken big as Bulls that been bate,And bearen the Crag so stiff and so state,

1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender

But further yet the mind to satisfieThat various apprehensions bearen down,

1647, Henry More, The Sleep of the Soul

Succour they bring to all by Powre opprest;That happy Coast where ere they bearen Rule is blest.

1714, Samuel Croxall, Another Original Canto of Spencer