Definition of forbear
English to English noun - a person from whom you are descended
source: WordNet 3.0 - An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
source: Webster 1913 verb - refrain from doing
She forbore a snicker.
source: WordNet 3.0 - resist doing something
He refrained from hitting him back.
She could not forbear weeping.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
source: Webster 1913 - To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
source: Webster 1913 English to Tagalog verb - [forbír] Tumigil; humintô; magpigil
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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