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Forbear

Forbear (forbear)
n.(fr*bâr")
For*bear"
[See Fore, and Bear to produce.]
  1. An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
    [Scot.] "Your forbears of old." Sir W. Scott.

Forbear

Forbear (forbear)
v. i.(fr*bâr")
For*bear"
v. i. [imp. Forbore (?) (Forbare ((?)
  1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

    Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 1 Kings 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.

Forbear

Forbear (forbear)
v. t.
For*bear"
  1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful 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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