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forbear - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'forbear' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Forbear [ n.]
- An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
2 . Forbear [ v. i.]
- To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
- To control one's self when provoked.
3 . Forbear [ v. t.]
- To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
- To treat with consideration or indulgence.
- To cease from bearing.

Meaning of 'forbear' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . forbear [ v]
Meaning (1):
- resist doing something
Example in sentence:
  • He refrained from hitting him back;
  • she could not forbear weeping
Meaning (2):
- refrain from doing
Example in sentence:
  • she forbore a snicker