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forbear 1 Verb [-bearing, -bore, -borne] to cease or refrain (from doing something) [Old English forberan] forbearance n forbear 2 Noun same as forebear
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| Miss Bridget did not, however, suffer her to continue long in this doubtful situation; for having looked some time earnestly at the child, as it lay asleep in the lap of Mrs Deborah, the good lady could not forbear giving it a hearty kiss, at the same time declaring herself wonderfully pleased with its beauty and innocence. Some forbear it, not upon negligence alone, but doubting to bring themselves into melancholy, in respect they shall find it broken. It is not easy to forbear reflecting with how little reason these men profess themselves the followers of Jesus, who left this great characteristic to His disciples, that they should be known by loving one another, by universal and unbounded charity and benevolence. |
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