Forbear
[fɔː'beə] or [fɔr'bɛr]
Definition
(n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
(v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
(v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
(v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
(v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
(v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
(v. t.) To cease from bearing.
Inputed by Hodge
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Stop, pause, cease, desist, stay, break off, leave off, give over.[2]. Abstain, refrain.
v. a. [1]. Shun, decline, avoid.[2]. Omit, withhold, abstain from.[3]. Spare, treat with indulgence.
Checker: Micawber
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abstain, refrain, withhold, forego, avoid
ANT:Seek, indulge, Forbid,[See BID]
Typist: Shelley
Definition
v.i. to keep one's self in check: to abstain.—v.t. to abstain from: to avoid voluntarily: to spare to withhold.—n. Forbear′ance exercise of patience: command of temper: clemency.—adjs. Forbear′ant Forbear′ing long-suffering: patient.—adv. Forbear′ingly.
Typist: Sonia
Examples
- I could not forbear inquiring. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But I forbear descanting further, and rather leave the judicious reader to his own remarks and application. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- While eating his cake, I could not forbear expressing my secret wish that I really knew all of which he accused me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Sir Sluggish Knight, replied the Clerk, these are dangerous words, and I pray you to forbear them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I forbear to tell what he was going to do to that Bedouin that owned it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This opinion I can scarce forbear retracting, and condemning from my present feeling and experience. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She forbears to judge them as a whole, but she has her exceptions whom she admires--Louis and Mr. Hall, and, of late, yourself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The great-grandfather was the first freeman of Pasteur's forbears, having purchased with money his emancipation from serfdom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr Boffin bears and forbears far more than I could. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- According to that doctrine, motives deprive us not of free-will, nor take away our power of performing or forbearing any action. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Mr. Whiffers then added that he feared a portion of this outrage might be traced to his own forbearing and accommodating disposition. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Madame Beck was a most consistent character; forbearing with all the world, and tender to no part of it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Unless I am more considerate to ignorance, more forbearing to suffering, than I have hitherto been, I shall scorn myself as grossly unjust. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For, who ever thought of forbearing any action, because others might possibly draw false conclusions from it? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The young cat looked round with a supremely forbearing air, avoided seeing anything, withdrew his chin, and began to wash his face with his paw. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Being old and sly, I forbore to call out; but being also, unfortunately, old and heavy, my feet betrayed me on the gravel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Your partner Pearson gave way, and conceded, and forbore. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I therefore forbore to ask any further questions. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises, and forbore. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Quite despairing of making my mind clear to Wemmick on this point, I forbore to try. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Forasmuch as they hang in my memory by only this one slender thread, I don't know what they did, except that they forbore to remove me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Until this dauntless worldling came in and broke the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have forborne to enter into that sad chamber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her hand was on the bell, but she had forborne to ring it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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