Definition of forbear

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Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

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Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
Foregoer :: Foregoer (n.) One who forbears to enjoy.
Long-sufferance :: Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent.
Spare :: Spare (a.) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to..
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Noncommittal :: Noncommittal (n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Promise :: Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act..
Patient :: Patient (a.) Forbearing; long-suffering.
Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government..
Tolerant :: Tolerant (a.) Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..
Connive :: Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at..
Stipulation :: Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France..
License :: License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts..
Forbearant :: Forbearant (a.) Forbearing.
Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
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