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forbear
 
Noun forbear has 1 sense
  1. forebear, forbear - a person from whom you are descended
    --1 is a kind of ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
    --1 has particulars: grandparent; great grandparent
Verb forbear has 1 sense
  1. refrain, forbear - not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
    Derived form: noun forbearance2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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