forbear [definition 1]
Pronunciation: /fərˈber, fôr-
verb (past forbore; past participle forborne)
[no object] • literary or • formal
1 Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain: the boy forbore from touching anything [with infinitive]: he modestly forbears to include his own work
1.1 [with object] Refrain from doing or using (something): Rebecca could not forbear a smile
Origin
Old English forberan (see for-, bear1). The original senses were 'endure, bear with', hence 'endure the absence of something, do without', also 'bear up against, control oneself', hence 'refrain from' (Middle English).
Szecska
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A mother bear will need to
forebear the grumbles and growls of her
four bear cubs.
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