1. forbear - noun
· a person from whom you are descended
Synonym(s): forebear
Hypernym(s): ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
2. forbear - verb
· refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker"
Synonym(s): hold_back
3. forbear - verb
· resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
Synonym(s): refrain
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