Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for. 2 To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
WordNet
v. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [syn: corroborate, underpin, support]
Usage examples of "bear out".
Even though billions of observers tend to bear out a generalization, a single observation that contradicts or is inconsistent with it must force its modification.
My calculations now bear out my contention and the contention of my programmers and the simulations they were based upon.
He looked round at his companions as if inviting them to bear out his words, and they were not slow to confirm what he had sworn, in terms as vehement as his own, until in the end the new-comer waved them into silence.
It is a question which I cannot answer exhaustively at any one sitting, and as for the exact statistics to bear out my general statements, I shall have to refer you for them to books in my library, but it would certainly be a pity to leave you to be put to confusion by your old acquaintances, in case of the contingency you speak of, for lack of a few suggestions.