Forbear vs. Forebear
Forbearverb
(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
Forbearverb
(intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Forbearverb
(intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
Forbearverb
(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
Forbearnoun
An ancestor; a forefather; - usually in the plural.
Forbearverb
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Forbearverb
To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Forbearverb
To control one's self when provoked.
Forbearverb
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
Forbearverb
To treat with consideration or indulgence.
Forbearverb
To cease from bearing.
Forbearnoun
a person from whom you are descended
Forbearverb
not do something;
Forebearnoun
An ancestor.
Forebearverb
obsolete spelling of forbear
Forebearnoun
An ancestor. See Forbear.
Forebearnoun
a person from whom you are descended
Forebearnoun
an ancestor
