forbear

Speech parts

1. forbear - Noun

2. forbear - Verb

Meaning

An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

To control one's self when provoked.

To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.

To treat with consideration or indulgence.

To cease from bearing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

refrain forebear hold back keep shun leave avoid stop escape decline sacrifice refuse spare cease precursor
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Antonyms

brook use control experience bear child
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Hypernyms

root ancestor refrain antecedent ascendant ascendent

Hyponyms

help leave save spare abstain stand-by

Phrases with the word

forbear from

Derivatives

forbore forbare forborne forbearing

Anagrams

forbare forebar

Examples

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Robert Louis Stevenson

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. Edmund Waller

Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear ;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and war. John Newton

Forbear a quarrel with a friend to move: anger breeds hatred; concord sweetens love. Dutch Proverb

Bear and forbear. Romanian Proverb

Bear and forbear. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

forbanish forbar forbathe forbear from forbearable forbearance