28 January 2014

forbear

[fawr-bair]

verb (used with object), for·bore, for·borne, for·bear·ing.

1. to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
2. to keep back; withhold.
3. Obsolete . to endure.

verb (used without object), for·bore, for·borne, for·bear·ing.

4. to refrain; hold back.
5. to be patient or self-controlled when subject to annoyance or provocation.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English forberen, Old English forberan. See for-, bear1

Related forms
for·bear·er, noun
for·bear·ing·ly, adverb
non·for·bear·ing, adjective
non·for·bear·ing·ly, adverb
un·for·bear·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. forgo, sacrifice, renounce.

Example:

Have patience and forbear acting in anger.

Anagram

or be far
fear rob
fare orb

Today’s aphorism

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

– Matthew Prior

On this day

28 January 1968 – 4 hydrogen bombs are lost when the B-52 bomber that was carrying them, crashes near Thule, Greenland. The bombs are eventually located, but it took nine months to clear the area of radiation.

28 January 1986 – the space shuttle, Challenger, explodes moments after lift-off, killing all seven astronauts on board, including Christa MacAuliffe, a teacher from New Hampshire, who was scheduled to deliver a lesson from outer-space as part of the ‘Teacher in Space’ project.