forbear
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verb (used with object)
1.
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
2.
to keep back; withhold.
3.
Obsolete. to endure.
verb (used without object)
4.
to refrain; hold back.
5.
to be patient or self-controlled when subject to annoyance or provocation.
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forbear1 (fɔːˈbɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to cease or refrain (from doing something) |
| 2. | archaic to tolerate or endure (misbehaviour, mistakes, etc) |
| [Old English forberan; related to Gothic frabairan to endure] | |
| for'bearer1 | |
| —n | |
| for'bearingly1 | |
| —adv | |
| forbear2 (ˈfɔːˌbɛə) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of forebear | |
| forebear or forbear (ˈfɔːˌbɛə) | |
| —n | |
| an ancestor; forefather | |
| forbear or forbear | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
forbear
"to abstain," O.E. forberan "bear up against, control one's feelings, endure," from for + beran "to bear" (see bear (v.)). Related: Forbearer; forbearing; forbore.
forbear
late 15c., from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists."
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Example sentences
The pain this occasioned was so great, that he could not forbear crying out aloud.
So it may forbear, and the consequence may be inflation.
The father could not forbear weeping aloud, insomuch that in the agonies of his grief the seat shook under him.
We forbear to write them down until the mention of them can be accomplished with a fitting tribute to their virtues and valor.
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