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forbear

for·bear

UK/ˈfɔː.bɛə/ US/ˈfɔɹ.bɛɚ/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a person from whom you are descended

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verb

1.

not do something

  • “He refrained from hitting him back”
  • “she could not forbear weeping”
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Origin

From Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan (“to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure, tolerate, humor; restrain; do without”), from Proto-Germanic *fraberaną (“to hold back, endure”); equivalent to for- + bear.

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