forbear

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. Cognate with Old Frisian forbera (“to forfeit”), Middle High German verbërn (“to have not; abstain; refrain from; avoid”) (Cimbrian forbèeran), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (frabairan, “to endure”). ==== Alternative forms ==== forebear (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːˈbɛə/ (US) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈbɛɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) ==== Verb ==== forbear (third-person singular simple present forbears, present participle forbearing, simple past forbore, past participle forborne or (archaic) forborn) (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.bɛə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.bɛɚ/ ==== Noun ==== forbear (plural forbears) Alternative spelling of forebear. [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr. Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold [...] [1936] 2004, Raymond William Firth, We the Tikopia [2] One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group. === Anagrams === forbare