forbear as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
forbear
noun
1 forbear
A person from whom you are descended.
synonym: forebear.
Dutch: voorvader
verb
1 forbear
Refrain from doing.
synonym: hold back.
Roget 914:
pity;
have pity,
show pity,
take pity
etc.
n.;
commiserate,
compassionate;
condole
etc.
915;
sympathize;
feel for,
be sorry for,
yearn for;
weep,
melt,
thaw,
enter into the feelings of.
forbear,
relent,
relax,
give quarter,
wipe the tears,
parcere subjectis [Lat.],
give a coup de gr=ace,
put out of one's misery.
raise pity,
excite pity
etc.
n.;
touch,
soften;
melt,
melt the heart;
propitiate,
disarm.
ask for mercy
etc.
v.;
supplicate
etc.
(request)
765;
cry for quarter,
beg one's life,
kneel;
deprecate.
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Roget 678:
not use;
do without,
dispense with,
let alone,
not touch,
forbear,
abstain,
spare,
waive,
neglect;
keep back,
reserve.
lay up,
lay by,
lay on the shelf,
keep on the shelf,
lay up in ordinary;
lay up in a napkin;
shelve;
set aside,
put aside,
lay aside;
disuse,
leave off,
have done with;
supersede;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297;
dismiss,
give warning.
throw aside
etc.
(relinquish)
782;
make away with
etc.
(destroy)
162;
cast overboard,
heave overboard,
throw overboard;
cast to the dogs,
cast to the winds;
dismantle
etc.
(Render useless)
645.
lie unemployed,
remain unemployed
etc.
adj.
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2 forbear
Resist doing something:
— She could not forbear weeping.
synonym: refrain.
Roget 953:
be temperate
etc.
adj.;
abstain,
forbear,
refrain,
deny oneself,
spare,
swear off.
know when one has had enough,
know one's limit.
take the pledge,
go on the wagon.
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Dutch: abstineren, inhouden, laten, nalaten, onthouden
Moby thesaurus: abstain, abstain from, avoid, be patient, bear, bear with composure, bridle, carry on, carry through, cease, curb, desist, dispense with, do without, endure, escape, eschew, evade, forgive, forgo, give quarter, have mercy upon, have pity, hold, hold aloof from, hold back, hold off, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in hand, let alone, let go by, let up on, melt, never touch, not touch, not use, pardon, pass up, refrain, refrain from, relax, relent, reprieve, reserve, restrain, sacrifice, save, shun, spare, stand aloof from, suffer, take pity on, thaw, tolerate, wait, wait it out, waive, withhold ... show more.
forbears
noun
Roget 166:
paternity;
parentage;
consanguinity
etc.
11.
parent;
father,
sire,
dad,
papa,
paterfamilias,
abba†;
genitor,
progenitor,
procreator;
ancestor;
grandsire†,
grandfather;
great-grandfather;
fathership†,
fatherhood;
mabap†.
house,
stem,
trunk,
tree,
stock,
stirps,
pedigree,
lineage,
line,
family,
tribe,
sept,
race,
clan;
genealogy,
descent,
extraction,
birth,
ancestry;
forefathers,
forbears,
patriarchs.
motherhood,
maternity;
mother,
dam,
mamma,
materfamilias [Lat.],
grandmother.
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