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Forbear Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Forbear? [n] a person from whom you are descended [v] not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Forbear: forebear \| refrain Related Terms \| Find terms related to Forbear: abstain \| abstain from \| avoid \| be patient \| bear \| bear with composure \| bridle \| carry on \| carry through \| cease \| curb \| desist \| dispense with \| do without \| endure \| escape \| eschew \| evade \| forgive \| forgo \| give quarter \| have mercy upon \| have pity \| hold \| hold aloof from \| hold back \| hold off \| inhibit \| keep \| keep back \| keep from \| keep in hand \| let alone \| let go by \| let up on \| melt \| never touch \| not touch \| not use \| pardon \| pass up \| refrain \| refrain from \| relax \| relent \| reprieve \| reserve \| restrain \| sacrifice \| save \| shun \| spare \| stand aloof from \| suffer \| take pity on \| thaw \| tolerate \| wait \| wait it out \| waive \| withhold See Also \| abstain \| ancestor \| antecedent \| ascendant \| ascendent \| grandparent \| great grandparent \| help \| help oneself \| let it go \| root \| save \| sit out \| spare \| stand by Forbear In Webster's Dictionary \Forbear"\, n. [See {Fore}, and {Bear} to produce.] An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] ``Your forbears of old.'' --Sir W. Scott. \Forbear"\, v. i. [imp. {Forbore}({Forbare}, [Obs.]); p. p. {Forborne}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbearing}.] [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.

Forbear Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Forbear?

[n] a person from whom you are descended
[v] not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Forbear: forebear | refrain

Forbear In Webster's Dictionary

\For*bear"\, n. [See {Fore}, and {Bear} to produce.]
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}.] [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.

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