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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
Noun: forbear  'for,behr
  1. A person from whom you are descended
    "She traced her forbears back to the Mayflower";
    - forebear

Sounds like: fore

Derived forms: forbore, forborne, forbears, forbearing

Type of: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, dispute [archaic], hold out, resist, root, stand firm, withstand

Antonym: act