Forbears

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

2.verbTo refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

3.verbTo refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.

4.verbTo control oneself when provoked.

5.nounAn ancestor.

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