pret. forbore; pp. forborne.

To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words.

To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while.

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? Kings 22:6.

To refuse; to decline. Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezekiel 2:5,

To be patient; to restrain from action or violence. Proverbs 25:15.

To avoid voluntarily; to decline. Forbear his presence.

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? 7 Corinthians 9:6.

To spare; to treat with indulgence and patience. Forbearing one another in love.Ephesians 4:2.

To withhold. Forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 2 Chronicles 35:21.