forbear
forbear is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 1 Kinds xxii.
- 2.2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed. Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii.
- 3.3. To control one's self when provoked. The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper. Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb.
- 4.To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety. But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone. The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.
- 5.To treat with consideration or indulgence. Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv.
- 6.3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abnegation
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- alcoholic
- alone
- are
- aside
- away
- back
- cast
- compass
- deny
- destroy
- desuetude
- discard
- dismantle
- dismiss
- dispense
- disusage
- disuse
- done
- driver
- dry
- eject
- enough
- for
- forbearance
- frugal
- frugality
- give
- gymnosophist
- habit
- had
- has
- have
- heave
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is forbear.
- What is to refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 1 Kinds xxii called?
- What is 2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed. Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii called?
- What is 3. To control one's self when provoked. The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper. Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb called?
- What is to treat with consideration or indulgence. Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv called?
- What is 3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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