Forbear(n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
Forbear(v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Forbear(v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Forbear(v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
Forbear(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.
Forbear(v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
Forbear(v. t.) To cease from bearing.
Forbearance(n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
Forbearance(n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
Forbearant(a.) Forbearing.
Forbearer(n.) One who forbears.
Forbearing(a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
Forbearing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbear
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