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Synonyms
for·bear1 (fôr-bâŕ)

[Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan, to endure.]

verb: -bore (-bôŕ, -bōŕ), -borne (-bôrń, -bōrń), -bear·ing, -bears. 

transitive verb 

  1. To refrain from; resist: forbear replying. See synonyms at refrain1
  2. To desist from; cease.
  3. Obsolete To avoid or shun.

intransitive verb 

  1. To hold back; refrain.
  2. To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.

derivatives

for·beaŕer
noun
for·bear2 (fôŕbâŕ, fōŕ-)

noun 

Variant of forebear
fore·bear,
also for·bear (fôŕbâŕ, fōŕ-)

[Middle English forbear, fore-, fore-, + beer, one who is (from ben, to be; see be).]

noun 

A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor. See synonyms at ancestor