forbear

Definition of Forbear in English :

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Noun

1. forbear, forebear

a person from whom you are descended

forebear

Verb

2. forbear, hold back

refrain from doing

Example Sentences:
'she forbore a snicker'

hold back

3. forbear, refrain

resist doing something

Example Sentences:
'He refrained from hitting him back'
'she could not forbear weeping'

refrain

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Forbear

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verb -bears, -bearing, -bore or -borne

1. (when intr, often foll by from or an infinitive)

to cease or refrain (from doing something)

2. archaic

to tolerate or endure (misbehaviour, mistakes, etc)

noun

a variant spelling of forebear

Forbear

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verb transitiveWord forms: forˈbore or Archaicforˈbare, forˈborne, forˈbearing

1.

to refrain from; avoid or cease (doing, saying, etc.)

2. Chiefly Dialectal

to endure; tolerate

verb intransitive

3.

to refrain or abstain

4.

to keep oneself in check; control oneself under provocation

noun

alt. sp. of

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Forbear

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v. for·bore (-bôr), for·borne (-bôrn), for·bear·ing, for·bears

v.intr.

1. To keep oneself from doing something; hold back; refrain: forbear from making a comment.

2. To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.

v.tr.

1. To refrain from; resist: forbore criticizing them.

2. To restrain oneself so as not (to do something): "He saw that she was preoccupied, and forbore to question her" (Thomas Hardy).

n.

Variant of forebear.

n.

A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor. See Synonyms at ancestor.

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