forbear
IPA: fɔrbˈɛr
noun
- Alternative spelling of forebear [An ancestor.]
verb
- (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
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