Part 4471

<blockquote>Have a continent <b>forbearance</b>, till the speed of his rage goe<?/ slower. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.</syn>

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<hw>For*bear"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Forbearing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

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<hw>For*bear"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who forbears.</def>

<i>Tusser.</i>

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<hw>For*bear"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>For*bear"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>For*bid"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Forbade</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Forbidden</er> <tt>(?)</tt> (<er>Forbid</er>, <mark>[Obs.]</mark>); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forbidding</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>forbeden</ets>, AS. <ets>forbe\'a2dan</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>be\'a2dan</ets> to bid; akin to D. <ets>verbieden</ets>, G. <ets>verbieten</ets>, Icel., <ets>fyrirbj&omac;&edh;a</ets>, <ets>forbo&edh;a</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'94rbjuda</ets>, Dan. <ets>forbyde</ets>. See <er>Bid</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.</def>

<blockquote>More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time <b>Forbids</b> to dwell upon. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.</def>

<blockquote>Have I not forbid her my house? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; <as>as, an impassable river <ex>forbids</ex> the approach of the army</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A blaze of glory that <b>forbids</b> the sight. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To accurse; to blast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He shall live a man <b>forbid</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To defy; to challenge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>L. Andrews.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See <er>Prohibit</er>.</syn>

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<hw>For*bid"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.</def> "I did not or <i>forbid</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>For*bid"dance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>