Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forbear"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forbear \For*bear"\, n. [See {Fore}, and {Bear} to produce.]
An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.]
``Your forbears of old.'' --Sir W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forbear \For*bear"\, v. i. [imp. {Forbore}({Forbare}, [Obs.]);
p. p. {Forborne}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbearing}.] [OE.
forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See
{Bear} to support.]
1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? --1 Kinds
xxii. 6.

2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
7.

3. To control one's self when provoked.

The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion
to forbear. --Cowper.

Both bear and forbear. --Old Proverb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forbear \For*bear"\, v. t.
1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up;
as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.

But let me that plunder forbear. --Shenstone.

The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore
his own advantage. --Tennyson.

2. To treat with consideration or indulgence.

Forbearing one another in love. --Eph. iv. 2.

3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.]

Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

forbear
n : a person from whom you are descended [syn: {forebear}]
v : not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she
could not forbear weeping" [syn: {refrain}] [ant: {act}]

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