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verbforborne, forbore fɔːˈbɛː [no object]1Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain. with infinitive he modestly forbears to include his own work Example sentencesExamples - So, having fastened her window, she forbore to close the shutters, and, propped against the pillows, she lay looking out through the window's casement, entranced by the view, the peace and beauty of that rural summer night.
- I forbore to add that Heather's mother still had two legs when she died in 1989.
- I forbore to suggest that a farm dog's life spent chained, minimally fed and continually exposed to so many four-letter words that the dogs learnt to spell them was probably not the dogs' idea of heaven, either.
- I have forborne from commenting on the latest media circus about Australia's Governor General because of its sheer absurdity but I suppose I should devote a few words to it.
- Sidroc's anger now was only a small part of what he bore for Toki, and the reasons he forbore from killing him must be equally deep and old.
Synonyms refrain, abstain, desist, keep, restrain oneself, stop oneself, hold back, withhold resist the temptation to, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, fight shy of eschew, avoid, shun, decline to cease, give up, break off informal lay off, leave off, swear off British informal give over, jack in nautical slang belay - 1.1with object Refrain from doing or using (something)
Rebecca could not forbear a smile Example sentencesExamples - I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or forbear those actions which are reckoned excellent.
- Still, I could not forbear asking one more question as he walked away.
- Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
- He had forborne his opportunity to acquire his title directly from the seller with whom he had negotiated for purchase of the farm.
- I cannot forbear observing the philosophical significance of the fact that Autobiography fails to include a photograph of LeWitt himself.
Origin Old English forberan (see for-, bear1). The original senses were 'endure, bear with', hence 'endure the absence of, do without', also 'control oneself', hence 'refrain from' (Middle English). Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah forebear noun ˈfɔːbɛː variant spelling of forebear
verb [no object]1Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain. with infinitive he modestly forbears to include his own work the boy forbore from touching anything Example sentencesExamples - I forbore to add that Heather's mother still had two legs when she died in 1989.
- I forbore to suggest that a farm dog's life spent chained, minimally fed and continually exposed to so many four-letter words that the dogs learnt to spell them was probably not the dogs' idea of heaven, either.
- So, having fastened her window, she forbore to close the shutters, and, propped against the pillows, she lay looking out through the window's casement, entranced by the view, the peace and beauty of that rural summer night.
- Sidroc's anger now was only a small part of what he bore for Toki, and the reasons he forbore from killing him must be equally deep and old.
- I have forborne from commenting on the latest media circus about Australia's Governor General because of its sheer absurdity but I suppose I should devote a few words to it.
Synonyms refrain, abstain, desist, keep, restrain oneself, stop oneself, hold back, withhold - 1.1with object Refrain from doing or using (something)
Rebecca could not forbear a smile Example sentencesExamples - I cannot forbear observing the philosophical significance of the fact that Autobiography fails to include a photograph of LeWitt himself.
- Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
- I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or forbear those actions which are reckoned excellent.
- He had forborne his opportunity to acquire his title directly from the seller with whom he had negotiated for purchase of the farm.
- Still, I could not forbear asking one more question as he walked away.
Origin Old English forberan (see for-, bear). The original senses were ‘endure, bear with’, hence ‘endure the absence of, do without’, also ‘control oneself’, hence ‘refrain from’ ( Middle English). noun variant spelling of forebear
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