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Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), n. [See {Fore}, and {Bear}
to produce.]
An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.]
[Also spelled {forebear}.] "Your forbears of old." --Sir W.
Scott.
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Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), 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.
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Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? --1 Kings
xxii. 6.
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2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
7.
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3. To control one's self when provoked.
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The kindest and the happiest pair
Will find occasion to forbear. --Cowper.
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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 doubtful propriety.
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But let me that plunder forbear. --Shenstone.
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The King
In open battle or the tilting field
Forbore his own advantage. --Tennyson.
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2. To treat with consideration or indulgence.
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Forbearing one another in love. --Eph. iv. 2.
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3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.]
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Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. --Spenser.
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