forebear
verb
- 1
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- 2
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- 3
To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- 4
To control oneself when provoked.
noun
- 1
An ancestor.
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