Forbear vs. Forebear — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Forbear and Forebear
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Forbear
To keep oneself from doing something; hold back; refrain
Forbear from making a comment.
Forebear
An ancestor
Generations of his forebears had lived in London
Forbear
To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.
Forebear
A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
Forbear
To refrain from; resist
Forbore criticizing them.
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Forebear
An ancestor.
Forbear
To restrain oneself so as not (to do something)
"He saw that she was preoccupied, and forbore to question her" (Thomas Hardy).
Forebear
Obsolete spelling of forbear
Forbear
Variant of forebear.
Forebear
An ancestor. See Forbear.
Forbear
A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
Forebear
A person from whom you are descended
Forbear
(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
Forbear
(intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Forbear
(intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
Forbear
(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
Forbear
Alternative spelling of forebear
Forbear
An ancestor; a forefather; - usually in the plural.
Forbear
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
Forbear
To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Forbear
To control one's self when provoked.
The kindest and the happiest pairWill find occasion to forbear.
Both bear and forbear.
Forbear
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
But let me that plunder forbear.
The KingIn open battle or the tilting fieldForbore his own advantage.
Forbear
To treat with consideration or indulgence.
Forbearing one another in love.
Forbear
To cease from bearing.
Whenas my womb her burden would forbear.
Forbear
A person from whom you are descended
Forbear
Not do something;
He refrained from hitting him back
She could not forbear weeping
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