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

Nearby Words:

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Regulatory forbearance
Regulatory forbearance is the regulators’ refraining from exercising their right to put an insolvent bank out of business.

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