Associations to the word «Forbear»
Noun
- Mention
- Kindness
- Countenance
- Disposition
- Folly
- Comment
- Sake
- Misfortune
- Nor
- Remark
- Misery
- Manner
- Him
- Patience
- Smile
- Pity
- Occasion
- Slavery
- Consideration
- Contempt
- Happiness
- Wise
- Opinion
- Seeing
- Regard
- Tear
- Discourse
- Circumstance
- Sentiment
- Reader
- Perhaps
- Pleasure
- Pardon
- But
- Majesty
- Heaven
- Render
- Consequence
- Allah
- Fault
- Ado
- Lady
- Ear
- Necessity
- Perceiving
- Doing
- Speech
- Joy
- Duty
- Smiling
- Gentle
- Wherefore
- Progenitor
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
FORBEAR, verb. (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.
FORBEAR, verb. (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
FORBEAR, verb. (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
FORBEAR, verb. (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
FORBEAR, noun. Alternative spelling of forebear
Dictionary definition
FORBEAR, noun. A person from whom you are descended.
FORBEAR, verb. Refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker".
FORBEAR, verb. Resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping".
Wise words
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