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Forebears
verb
Word Frequency:
0.8
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
ancestors
ancestries
ascendants
fathers
forbears
forefathers
parents
predecessors
progenitors
forefather
Antonyms
afterbear
Rhymes With
state of affairs
airs
put on airs
tears
kick upstairs
nightmares
affairs
downstairs
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