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Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːbɛː/
Definition of forbear
noun
- variant spelling of forebear.
Do not confuse forbear with forebear. Forbear means 'stop yourself from doing something' (he doesn’t forbear to write about the bad times), while forebear (which is also sometimes spelled forbear) means 'an ancestor' (our Stone Age forebears).