forbear

«forbear» in Mova's school dictionary: to hold back from doing something; to refrain — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (forbears, forbearing, forbore, forborne)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old use, in fairy tales) To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain. tree →

2) To forbear is to be patient and gentle with someone instead of punishing them. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a warning such as «forbear to open» means do not open; a king may forbear to punish a child.

examples

• Forbear to open the golden door. tree →
• I must forbear from eating the last cake. tree →
• The king forbore to punish the boy. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
• And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbore to go forth.
• But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.
• Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?
• Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forbear» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.