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English Dictionary: forbear	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbear n a person from whom you are descended [syn: forebear, forbear] v refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" [syn: forbear, hold back] resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" Synonym(s): refrain, forbear Antonym(s): act, move
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbear \For*bear"\, n. [See {Fore}, and {Bear} to produce.] An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] [bd]Your forbears of old.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbear \Forbear"\, 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.