Forbear

·vt To cease from bearing.

II. Forbear ·vi To control one's self when provoked.

III. Forbear ·vt To treat with consideration or indulgence.

IV. Forbear ·noun An ancestor; a forefather;

— usually in the plural.

V. Forbear ·vi To Refuse; to Decline; to give no heed.

VI. Forbear ·vi To refrain from proceeding; to Pause; to Delay.

VII. Forbear ·vt To keep away from; to Avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.