FORBEAR

forebear, forbear

(noun) a person from whom you are descended

refrain, forbear

(verb) resist doing something; “He refrained from hitting him back”; “she could not forbear weeping”

forbear, hold back

(verb) refrain from doing; “she forbore a snicker”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

forbear (third-person singular simple present forbears, present participle forbearing, simple past forbore, past participle (archaic) forborn or forborne)

(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

(intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

(intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.

(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.

Etymology 2

Noun

forbear (plural forbears)

Alternative spelling of forebear

Anagrams

• forbare

Source: Wiktionary

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For*bear", n. Etym: [See Fore, and Bear to produce.]

Definition: An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] "Your forbears of old." Sir W. Scott.

For*bear", v. i. [imp. Forbore (Forbare (, [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne; p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing.] Etym: [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See Bear to support.]

1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 1 Kinds xxii. 6.

2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed. Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii. 7.

3. To control one's self when provoked. The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper. Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb.

For*bear", v. t.

1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety. But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone. The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.

2. To treat with consideration or indulgence. Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2.

3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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