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# forbear

«forbear» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hold back from doing something; to refrain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (forbears, forbearing, forbore, forborne)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use, in fairy tales) To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbear/#m1)

2) To forbear is to be patient and gentle with someone instead of punishing them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbear/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a warning such as «forbear to open» means do not open; a king may forbear to punish a child.

### examples

- Forbear to open the golden door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbear/#x1)
- I must forbear from eating the last cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbear/#x2)
- The king forbore to punish the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbear/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.636/)
- [And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbore to go forth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.676/)
- [But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1167/)
- [Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.695/)
- [Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.410/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forbear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.