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English to English noun
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a person from whom you are descended |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. | | source: webster1913
verb
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refrain from doing | | Example: she forbore a snicker
source: wordnet30
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resist doing something | | Example: He refrained from hitting him back
she could not forbear weeping
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. | | source: webster1913
| 6 |
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety. | | source: webster1913
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