Crossword clues for forbearing
forbearing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), v. i. [imp. Forbore( Forbare, [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne; p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing.] [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See Bear to support.]
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To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
--1 Kings xxii. 6. -
To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
--Ezek. ii. 7. -
To control one's self when provoked.
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear.
--Cowper.Both bear and forbear.
--Old Proverb.
Forbearing \For*bear"ing\, a. Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. -- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering: as, a forbearing temper. v
(present participle of forbear English)
WordNet
adj. showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering" [syn: longanimous]
Usage examples of "forbearing".
To the surprise of all, who knew how scrupulous of insult he was, -- how indulgent and forbearing, -- he turned away from the trimmer and the sycophant without recognition.
He preferred the modest and forbearing carriage which is supposed to belong more distinctly to civil than to military life.
The suspense and anxiety she suffered, on this subject, she found all her efforts unable to controul, and her secret wish to see Valancourt once more, though unseen by him, powerfully prompted her to go, but prudence and a delicate pride restrained her, and she determined to avoid the possibility of throwing herself in his way, by forbearing to visit the gardens, for several days.
What Pendleton meant by that was thanks for forbearing to comment on the complete dominance of the British fleet on the high seas.
I ought to have pitied her, but not being of a forbearing nature I retorted by asking if her sister was still alive, a question which made her frown and to which she gave no answer.
Langenschmidt agreed blandly, forbearing to mention that if all went well Quist would be getting a reward of her own quite shortly.
With only his slow, forbearing smile by way of comment, Victor heard her out, but when she paused to reassort her thoughts, lifted a temporizing hand.
And though his income, as you know, was so small, he never ran in debt, and by an exact but open oeconomy, escaped all imputation of meanness: while by forbearing either to conceal, or repine at his limited fortune, he blunted even the raillery of the dissipated, by frankly and good humouredly meeting it half way.
Both dreaded the severe reproof they had reason to expect from their uncle, but he was very forbearing, and thinking the fright and suffering entailed by their folly sufficient to deter them from a repetition of it, kindly refrained from lecturing them on the subject, though, when a suitable opportunity offered, he did talk seriously and tenderly, with now one and now the other, on the guilt and danger of putting off repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, reminding them that they had had a very solemn warning of the shortness and uncertainty of life, and asking them to consider the question whether they were ready for a sudden call into the immediate presence of their Judge.
I ought to have pitied her, but not being of a forbearing nature I retorted by asking if her sister was still alive, a question which made her frown and to which she gave no answer.
They were also aware how much they owed to Timmendiquas, because few of the Indians and renegades would have been so forbearing.
Monsieur l'Abbé has been most kind and forbearing, but our royal patience has been sorely tried, and we have decreed that your punishment shall fit your crime, and that you shall be pilloried before all these ladies as the most ill-mannered man in London.