Verb He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them. We decided to forbear provoking him any further. We decided to forbear from provoking him any further. He forebore to mention her name.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
So, if a person is enacting their right to resistance, then bystanders have an obligation to forbear and not to interfere.TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2020 But crucially, the FCC did not forbear from a few parts of Title II that protect consumers in other ways. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2017
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan to endure, do without, from for- + beran to bear