Meaning of Forebear
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'Tolerance is the virtue which enables a person to forebear the attitude, negative remarks and action with patience and calmness.'
I know 'forebear' means 'ancestor' which doesn't make sense in this context. Is the word misused in the sentence or does it have other meanings, too? Which I didn't find in online Cambridge Dictionary.
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sundarnaz I know 'forebear' means 'ancestor' No. Forebearers ( Forebears ) are ancestors. You need a verb in that sentence.
- sundarnaz I know 'forebear' means 'ancestor' No.
- Forebearers ( Forebears ) are ancestors.
- You need a verb in that sentence.
- It is forbear .
- This is only used in literary and formal writing.
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sundarnazI know 'forebear' means 'ancestor'
No. Forebearers (Forebears) are ancestors.
You need a verb in that sentence.
It is forbear. This is only used in literary and formal writing.
0to forebear, using 'forebear' as a verb, means 'to deny oneself', v. Intr.
Sentence:
"He was a womanizer who never used to forebear on account of season or storm ..." Cf. Reference to Scottish King Alexander III in "Chronicles of Lanercost."
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