forbear, v.
(forbearing, forbears, forbore, forborne)
(forbearing, forbears, forbore, forborne)
resist doing something
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
forbear refrain
sample sentences
"He refrained from hitting him back""she could not forbear weeping"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
antonym
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
refrain from doing
<verb.stative>
forbear hold back
sample sentences
"she forbore a snicker"verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym