Antonyms for forbear

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawr-bair

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈbɛər

Definition of forbear

Origin : "to abstain," Old English forberan "bear up against, control one's feelings, endure," from for- + beran "to bear" (see bear (v.)). Related: Forbearer; forbearing; forbore.

verb resist the temptation to

Example sentences :

For who can forbear to laugh at the bare idea of an Irish bull?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

If you love sack, forbear; for this course will never bring you a drop.
Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock

She could not forbear asking what it was that touched him so much.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Dearest Madam, forbear for the present: I am but in my noviciate.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Let men agree to differ, and, when they do differ, bear and forbear.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

But I forbear to dwell on that rapture, much as it influenced me.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Pale and exhausted, her listener at length entreated her to forbear.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various

But there was that in her late employer's manner which caused her to forbear.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I cannot forbear to transcribe what a friend has written to me.
Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various

Constable Jonathan could not forbear a laugh at the name, and at the idea it suggested.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for forbear

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