(1):
(n.) An ancestor; a forefather; - usually in the plural.
(2):
(v. t.) To cease from bearing.
(3):
(v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
(4):
(v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
(5):
(v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
(6):
(v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
(7):
(v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.