different between forbear vs fortear
forbear
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan (“to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure, tolerate, humor; restrain; do without”), from Proto-Germanic *fraberan? (“to hold back, endure”); equivalent to for- +? bear. Cognate with Old Frisian forbera (“to forfeit”), Middle High German verbërn (“to have not; abstain; refrain from; avoid”) (Cimbrian forbèeran), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (frabairan, “to endure”).
Alternative forms
- forebear (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???b??/
- (US) IPA(key): /f???b??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Verb
forbear (third-person singular simple present forbears, present participle forbearing, simple past forbore, past participle forborne or (archaic) forborn)
- (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
- The kindest and the happiest pair / Will find occasion to forbear.
Derived terms
- forbearance
- forbearant
- forbearer
- forbearing
- forbearingly
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??.b??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??.b??/
Noun
forbear (plural forbears)
- Alternative spelling of forebear
- [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr.
- Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold [...]
- [1936] 2004, Raymond William Firth, We the Tikopia [2]
- One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.
- [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr.
Anagrams
- forbare
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fortear
English
Etymology
From for- (“up, completely”) +? tear.
Verb
fortear (third-person singular simple present fortears, present participle fortearing, simple past fortore, past participle fortorn)
- (transitive) To tear up; tear to pieces.
- 1842, A historical collection from official records, files, &c.:
- A German hussar, a veteran in the wars of Germany, appeared at the door of Congress, in Philadelphia, in his uniform and on horseback, with a fortorn cap upon his head, [...]
- 1842, A historical collection from official records, files, &c.:
Usage notes
- Usually found in the past participle as fortorn.
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