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for·bear1    Audio Help   [fawr-bair] Pronunciation Key verb, -bore, -borne, -bear·ing.
–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.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME forberen, OE forberan. See for-, bear1]

for·bear·er, noun
for·bear·ing·ly, adverb

1. forgo, sacrifice, renounce.
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for·bear2    Audio Help   [fawr-bair] Pronunciation Key
–noun
forebear.
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for·bear 1    Audio Help   (fôr-bâr')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   for·bore (-bôr', -bōr'), for·borne (-bôrn', -bōrn'), for·bear·ing, for·bears

v.   tr.
  1. To refrain from; resist: forbear replying. See Synonyms at refrain1.
  2. To desist from; cease.
  3. Obsolete To avoid or shun.

v.   intr.
  1. To hold back; refrain.
  2. To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.


[Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan, to endure; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

for·bear'er n.
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for·bear 2    Audio Help   (fôr'bâr', fōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Variant of forebear.

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fore·bear also for·bear    Audio Help   (fôr'bâr', fōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor. See Synonyms at ancestor.


[Middle English forbear : fore-, fore- + beer, one who is (from ben, to be; see be).]

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forbear  (v.)
"to abstain," O.E. forberan "bear up against, control one's feelings, endure," from for + beran "to bear" (see bear (v.)).

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forbear  (n.)
1470, from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists."

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forbear

noun
1. a person from whom you are descended [syn: forebear

verb
1. refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" 
2. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" [syn: refrain] [ant: act

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Forbear

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.
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Forbear

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.
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Forbear

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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