What is 3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser called?
forbear — 3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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