Part 4470

<blockquote>They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse <b>forayers</b> were abroad. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forbade</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For*bade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Forbid</er>.</def>

<h1>Forbathe</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For*bathe"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bathe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forbear</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For*bear"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fore</er>, and <er>Bear</er> to produce.]</ety> <def>An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> "Your <i>forbears</i> of old."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Forbear</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For*bear"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Forbore</er> <tt>(?)</tt> (<er>Forbare</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <mark>[Obs.]</mark>); <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Forborne</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forbearing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>forberen</ets>, AS. <ets>forberan</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>beran</ets> to bear. See <er>Bear</er> to support.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.</def>

<blockquote>Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I <b>forbear</b>? <i>1 Kinds xxii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will <b>forbear</b>. <i>Ezek. ii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To control one's self when provoked.</def>

<blockquote>The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to <b>forbear</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Both bear and <b>forbear</b>. <i>Old Proverb.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forbear</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For*bear"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; <as>as, to <ex>forbear</ex> the use of a word of doubdtful propriety</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But let me that plunder <b>forbear</b>. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The King In open battle or the tilting field <b>Forbore</b> his own advantage. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with consideration or indulgence.</def>

<blockquote><b>Forbearing</b> one another in love. <i>Eph. iv. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cease from bearing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Whenas my womb her burden would <b>forbear</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forbearance</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For*bear"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.</def>

<blockquote>He soon shall find<b>Forbearance</b> no acquittance ere day end. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.</def>