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I . for·bear1 <forbore, forborne> [fɔ:ˈbeəʳ, Am fɔ:rˈber] VB intr form dated

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II . for·bear1 <forbore, forborne> [fɔ:ˈbeəʳ, Am fɔ:rˈber] VB trans form dated

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to forbear sth a smile
sich dat etw verkneifen

for·bear2 N usu pl

forbear → forebears

See also forebears

fore·bears [ˈfɔ:ʳbeəʳs, Am ˈfɔ:rbers] N

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to forbear from doing [or to do] sth
darauf verzichten, etw zu tun
even his critics could scarcely forbear from congratulating him
selbst seine Kritiker konnten kaum umhin, ihm zu gratulieren

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Martin, whose soul was consumed by the amulet, enters the afterlife to join his forbears.
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Equity, however, enters injunctions or decrees directing someone either to act or to forbear from acting.
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However, the associations of the new phenomena with its sporting forbears resulted in certain countries being at the vanguard of such competitions.
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I can not forbear doing but scant justice to a gallant soldier now no more.
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They still walk down roads that were used as footpaths by their forbears.
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The reconstructionists, like their ancient forbears, honour the deities particular to their country of origin.
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Its opposite, virtue, is said to be a white substance gained by doing good deeds and forbearing through hardships.
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They could run away, they could organize, they were, in a word, free of whatever constraints the necessity to forbear had previously placed upon them.
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He was interested in history and the identity of his forbears.
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This similarity convinced our forbears that the bird, so audible in summer, turned into a kestrel in the winter.
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