vt to cease from bearing.
2. forbear ·vi to control one's self when provoked.
3. forbear ·vt to treat with consideration or indulgence.
4. forbear ·noun an ancestor; a forefather;
usually in the plural.
5. forbear ·vi to refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
6. forbear ·vi to refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
7. forbear ·vt to keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.