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Forbore

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bethoughtverb(of a person) Minded; disposed.
unavailinglyIn an unavailing manner; without successful results; to no avail.
repineverb(intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret; to fret.
animadvertverb(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
desistedverb(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
obtrudeverb(intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
behovedverb
reprehendverb(transitive) To criticize, to reprove.
scrupledverb(intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
bewrayverb(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
scornenounObsolete spelling of scorn. [(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.]
temporiseverb(British spelling) Alternative spelling of temporize. [(intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.]
forbeareverbArchaic spelling of forbear. [(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.]
endeavouredverbBritish standard spelling of endeavored.
intermeddleverb(intransitive) To butt in, to interfere in or with.
forrownounA surname.
entreatedverb(transitive) To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).
forbadverbAlternative spelling of forbade, the simple past of forbid.
therewithalin addition; besides; along with all that
scruplenounHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.

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