We found 28 dictionaries that define the word
forbear:
General (25 matching dictionaries)
- forbear: Merriam-Webster
- forbear, forbear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- forbear, forbear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- forbear: Collins English Dictionary
- forbear: Vocabulary.com
- Forbear, forbear: Wordnik
- forbear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- forbear: Wiktionary
- forbear: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- forbear: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- forbear: Infoplease Dictionary
- Forbear, forbear: Dictionary.com
- forbear (n.), forbear (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
- forbear: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
- Forbear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- forbear: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- forbear: Rhymezone
- Forbear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- forbear: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- forbear: FreeDictionary.org
- forbear: Mnemonic Dictionary
- forbear: TheFreeDictionary.com
- forbear: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- forbear: Legal dictionary
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- forbear: Encyclopedia
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
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▸ verb: (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
▸ noun: Alternative spelling of forebear [An ancestor.]
refrain,
forebear,
abstain,
abjure,
keep away,
keep away from,
offhold,
forsake,
abhor,
forfend,
more...
scarce,
few,
long,
illustrious,
good,
great,
ancient,
direct,
less,
easy,
literary
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