forbore
Meaning of forbore
verb, past tense
- politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain.
he modestly forbears to include his own work
Old English forberan (see for-, bear1). The original senses were ‘endure, bear with’, hence ‘endure the absence of, do without’, also ‘control oneself’, hence ‘refrain from’ (Middle English).
Information about forbore
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Hyphenation of forbore
for-bore
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- forbore is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
forbore synonyms
Meaning stop oneself from doing something:
Meaning refrain from drinking alcohol:
Meaning stop doing something; cease or abstain:
Meaning have or retain possession of:
Meaning refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another):
Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning come or bring to an end:
Meaning fix (a running rope) round a cleat, rock, pin, or other object, to secure it:
Words that rhyme with forbore
Bore, bore, abore, forbbore, overbbore, upbbore, wildbore, windbore, chokebore, ellebore, hellebore, nonchokebore, rebore, smoothbore, hellbore, unbore, upbore, Blunderbore, counterbore, overbore, underbore, outbore, drawbore, ybore
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