forbear

Object

• patience: They deal with the eradication of defilements so that we have forbearing patience.

Converse of object

• do: What from the sounds Of organ, fife or lute To him redounds, Who doth no sin forbear?

Adjective modifier

• scarce: Even the massed ranks of UKIP could scarce forbear to cheer.
• illustrious: Arrayed in their striking robes they have once again taken up the duties of their illustrious forbears.
• own: Like most of this community, his own forbears had origins in Latvia and Lithuania.

Modifying Another Word

• not: A woman could not forbear declaring openly that her faith had saved her.
• now: However, she could not now forbear; for the love of Christ constrained her.

Noun used with modifier

• cannot: But I cannot forbear observing, that I should be more obliged to them for the delivery of more facts from which to reason.
• thou: If thou forbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a good long while!

Infinitive complement

• say: But I forbear to say more on a subject which is forbidden.
• sue: Or it can be for something of value, like forbearing to sue, or for marriage.
• give: I forbear to give here a larger Abstract of my Letter to D r Worth.
• read: For the books we now forbear to read we shall one day be endued with wisdom and knowledge.

Present participle complement

• work: Then thirdly in verse 6: ' Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?