forbear

FORBEAR, verb intransitive preterit tense forbore; participle passive forborne. 1. To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words. 2. To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while. 3. To abstain; to omit; to hold one's self from motion or entering on an affair. Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 1 Kings 22:6. 4. To refuse; to decline. Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear Ezekiel 2:5. 5. To be patient; to restrain from action or violence. Proverbs 25:15. FORBEAR, verb transitive 1. To avoid voluntarily; to decline. FORBEAR his presence. 2. To abstain from; to omit; to avoid doing. Learn from the scriptures what you ought to do and what to forbear Have we not power to forbear working? 1 Corinthians 9:6. 3. To spare; to treat with indulgence and patience. FORBEARing one another in love. Ephesians 4:2. 4. To withhold. FORBEAR thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 2 Chronicles 35:21.