forebear
IPA: fˈɔrbɛr
noun
- An ancestor.
verb
- Obsolete spelling of forbear. [(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.]
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Examples of "forebear" in Sentences
- He is not as famous as his forebear Rameses II.
- Was this a forebear of the meat imagery at the end
- She knows the religion of his family and forebears.
- Must they forever transmit the wishes of their forebears
- The abolitionist movement is our most important forebear.
- The Magna, like its forebear the Sigma, was based on the Galant.
- The novel also contains the in depth narrative of his ancient forebear.
- Accordingly, SAAMB is legally the initial forebear of Dassault Aviation.
- The first stanza of the renga chain is the forebear of the modern haiku.