Forbear definition
To keep oneself from doing something; hold back; refrain.
Forbear from making a comment.
verb
To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.
verb
Forbear is defined as to stop yourself from doing something.
An example of forbear is when you stop yourself from eating chocolate.
verb
To restrain oneself so as not (to do something).
verb
To refrain from; avoid or cease (doing, saying, etc.)
verb
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(now chiefly dial.) To endure; tolerate.
verb
To refrain or abstain.
verb
To keep oneself in check; control oneself under provocation.
verb
To refrain from; resist.
Forbore criticizing them.
verb
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Origin of forbear
- Middle English forberen from Old English forberan to endure bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan (“to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure, tolerate, humor; restrain; do without”), from Proto-Germanic *fraberaną (“to hold back, endure”), equivalent to for- + bear. Cognate with Old Frisian forbera (“to forfeit”), Middle High German verbërn (“to have not; abstain; refrain from; avoid”), Gothic [script?] (frabairan, “to endure”). [script?]
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