FORBEAR
\fˈɔːbe͡ə], \fˈɔːbeə], \f_ˈɔː_b_eə]\
Definitions of FORBEAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
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a person from whom you are descended
By Princeton University
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not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
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a person from whom you are descended
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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To control one's self when provoked.
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To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
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To treat with consideration or indulgence.
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To cease from bearing.
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Forbearing.
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An ancestor; a forefather; - usually in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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To control one's self when provoked.
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To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
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To treat with consideration or indulgence.
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To cease from bearing.
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Forbearing.
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An ancestor; a forefather; - usually in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
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Forbearing.
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To abstain from; excuse; spare.
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To restrain oneself; be patient.
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Forbore.
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Forborne.
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An ancestor. Also, forebear.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald