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forbear
(encz) | forbear,zdržet se něčeho Zdeněk Brož |
Forbear
(gcide) | Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), n. [See Fore, and Bear
to produce.]
An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.]
[Also spelled forebear.] "Your forbears of old." --Sir W.
Scott.
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Forbear
(gcide) | Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), v. i. [imp.
Forbore(Forbare, [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne; p. pr. & vb.
n. Forbearing.] [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- +
beran to bear. See Bear to support.]
1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
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Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? --1 Kings
xxii. 6.
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2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
7.
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3. To control one's self when provoked.
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The kindest and the happiest pair
Will find occasion to forbear. --Cowper.
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Both bear and forbear. --Old Proverb.
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Forbear
(gcide) | Forbear \For*bear"\, v. t.
1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up;
as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
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But let me that plunder forbear. --Shenstone.
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The King
In open battle or the tilting field
Forbore his own advantage. --Tennyson.
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2. To treat with consideration or indulgence.
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Forbearing one another in love. --Eph. iv. 2.
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3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.]
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Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. --Spenser.
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forbear
(wn) | forbear
n 1: a person from whom you are descended [syn: forebear,
forbear]
v 1: refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" [syn:
forbear, hold back]
2: resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back";
"she could not forbear weeping" [syn: refrain, forbear]
[ant: act, move] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
forbearance
(mass) | forbearance
- tolerancia, trpezlivosť |
forbear
(encz) | forbear,zdržet se něčeho Zdeněk Brož |
forbearance
(encz) | forbearance,shovívavost n: Zdeněk Brožforbearance,snášenlivost n: Zdeněk Brožforbearance,tolerance n: Zdeněk Brožforbearance,trpělivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
forbearing
(encz) | forbearing,shovívavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unforbearing
(encz) | unforbearing, adj: |
Forbearance
(gcide) | Forbearance \For*bear"ance\, n.
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
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He soon shall find
Forbearance no acquittance ere day end. --Milton.
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2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward
offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
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Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his
rage goes slower. --Shak.
Syn: Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
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Forbearant
(gcide) | Forbearant \For*bear"ant\, a.
Forbearing. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Forbearer
(gcide) | Forbearer \For*bear"er\, n.
One who forbears. --Tusser.
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Forbearing
(gcide) | Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), v. i. [imp.
Forbore(Forbare, [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne; p. pr. & vb.
n. Forbearing.] [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- +
beran to bear. See Bear to support.]
1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
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Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? --1 Kings
xxii. 6.
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2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
7.
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3. To control one's self when provoked.
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The kindest and the happiest pair
Will find occasion to forbear. --Cowper.
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Both bear and forbear. --Old Proverb.
[1913 Webster]Forbearing \For*bear"ing\, a.
Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
-- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.
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Forbearingly
(gcide) | Forbearing \For*bear"ing\, a.
Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
-- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.
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Unforbearing
(gcide) | Unforbearing \Unforbearing\
See forbearing. |
forbear
(wn) | forbear
n 1: a person from whom you are descended [syn: forebear,
forbear]
v 1: refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" [syn:
forbear, hold back]
2: resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back";
"she could not forbear weeping" [syn: refrain, forbear]
[ant: act, move] |
forbearance
(wn) | forbearance
n 1: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn:
patience, forbearance, longanimity] [ant:
impatience]
2: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges;
refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was
alarming" |
forbearing
(wn) | forbearing
adj 1: showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint
under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment;
"seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist
aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering"
[syn: forbearing, longanimous] |
unforbearing
(wn) | unforbearing
adj 1: unwilling to endure; "she was unforbearing with the
slower students" |
FORBEARANCE
(bouvier) | FORBEARANCE, contracts. The act by which a creditor waits for the payment of
the debt due him by the debtor, after it has become due.
2. When the creditor agrees to forbear with his debtor, this is a
sufficient consideration to support an assumpsit made by the debtor. 4 John.
R. 237; 2. Nott & McCord, 133; 2 Binn. R. 510; Com. Dig. Action upon the
case upon assumpsit, B 1; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Leigh's N. P. 31; 1
Penna. R. 385; 4 Wash. C. C. R. 148; 5 Rawle's R. 69.
3. The forbearance must be of some right which can be enforces with
effect against the party forborne; if it cannot be so enforced by the party
forbearing, he has sustained no detriment, and the party forborne has
derived no benefit. 4 East, 455 5 B. & Ald. 123. See 1 B. & A. 605 Burge on
Sur. 12, 13. Vide Giving time.
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