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Definitions for: Forbear [n] a person from whom you are descended
[v] not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: forebear, refrain
Antonyms: act, move
See Also: abstain, ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, grandparent, great grandparent, help, help oneself, let it go, root, save, sit out, spare, stand by
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