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For*bear" (fŏr*bâr"), 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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For*bear" (fŏr*bâr"), v. i. [imp. Forbore (?) (Forbare (&unr_;), [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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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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