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Forebear
verb
Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
verb
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
2.
verb
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
3.
verb
To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
4.
verb
To control oneself when provoked.
5.
noun
An ancestor.
Synonyms
refrain
forbear
ancestor
forerunner
antecedent
foreganger
forefather
elder
antecursor
progenitour
primogenitor
progenitor
Antonyms
afterbear
Rhymes With
despair
glare
debonair
bare
declare
affair
flare
fair
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