meaning of forbear

1. An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
2.
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
3.
To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
4.
To control ones self when provoked.
5.
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
6.
To treat with consideration or indulgence.
7.
To cease from bearing.
8.
a person from whom you are descended


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