Forbore
[fɔː'bɔː(r)] or [fɔr'bɔr]
Definition
(imp.) of Forbear
(-) imp. of Forbear.
Checker: Wilmer
Definition
pa.t. of forbear.—pa.p. Forborne′.
Typist: Murray
Examples
- 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.
- Her prudent mother, occupied by the same ideas, forbore to invite him to sit by herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He thought this, and forbore to say another word. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I sighed; but my father kindly forbore to question me further concerning the cause of my dejection. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Murray