forebear

IPA: fˈɔrbɛr

Obsolete spelling of forbear. [(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.]

Examples of "forebear" in Sentences

The FCC promises it would 'forebear' any attempt to control content under Title II.
Joseph Proudhon, a man ahead of his time, and who would soon become known as a forebear to anarchism.
But can we really trust the FCC to 'forebear' authority to reach any further than the transport level?
It should already be clear that it was Mariana, rather than Suarez, who might be called the forebear of John Locke's theory of popular consent and the continuing superiority of the people to the government.
The Woking-based outfit, who have been dubbed the 'British super-team' since reigning world champion Jenson Button joined their ranks alongside his title forebear Lewis Hamilton, became only the second of the 2010 F1 entries to officially launch their new car.
i 'the "killing times," ye ken, preachin' till the puir hill folk, an 'baptizin' their bairns -- he baptized a forebear o 'my ain -- and it would likely be the annivairsary o' the day when he escaped frae the hans o 'the hunters through the "haar," when I chanced to come by here an' saw a bit tent pit up, an 'heard folk carousin' within.