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forbearing
(encz) | forbearing,shovívavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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.
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Forbearing
(gcide) | Forbearing \For*bear"ing\, a.
Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
-- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.
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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] |
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forbearing
(encz) | forbearing,shovívavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unforbearing
(encz) | unforbearing, adj: |
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. |
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" |
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