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forbore forbear

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forbore/fɔːˈbɔː(r)/

past of forbear1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forbear1 /fɔːˈbɛː/

▶verb (past forbore; past part. forborne) refrain from doing something.

– origin OE forberan (see for-, bear1).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forbear2 /ˈfɔːbɛː/

▶noun variant spelling of forebear.

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