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Noun: forbear  'for`behr
  1. A person from whom you are descended
    - forebear
Verb: forbear (forbore,forborne)  for'behr
  1. Refrain from doing
    "she forbore a snicker"
    - hold back
     
  2. Resist doing something
    "she could not forbear weeping"
    - refrain

Sounds like: forebear

Derived forms: forborne, forbearing, forbore, forbears

See also: forbearance

Type of: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root

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