forbore's Usage Examples:

Francis Bacon records that afterwards people “forbore not from scoffs, saying that in the year ’88 Spain had sent an Invincible.

"vaine-gloriously", or he would have "subscribed his name", and that he forbore to have his name published "out of some respects".

Archibald forbore to remain at Buittle and took up the residence of the older Kings of Galloway.

And he forbore cursing one of them, pronouncing rather Psalm 145:9, "God's mercies extend.

Goddess ceased her lay ; Weak, her wings refused to fly ; - Faint, her voice forbore to say How Macara dared to die.

So he forbore nothing, but said out, "Talk you what you please of horse-trappings, and.

crops and keeping business machinery in motion, that the government…wisely forbore to prosecute.

In 2010, groups who forbore from burning nationalist flags or symbols were awarded an extra £100 funding.

at parish churches, his habit being to stand throughout the service; he forbore communicating simply on the ground of the kneeling posture.

He scrupulously forbore all invectives, detractions, and whatever might affect the reputation of.

He had a warrant from the king for an earldom, but this he forbore to use.

Prince of the Seven Nations, a mighty federation of jungle tribes but forbore becoming king to followed Mandrake on his world travels.

Dickens was inspired by knowledge of the "real" Sweeney Todd, but that he forbore to mention him lest some of his victims' relatives were still alive.

common discourse, a man had a will once to do a thing, that nevertheless he forbore to do; yet that is properly but an inclination, which makes no action voluntary;.

Stamford for some 150 years after the reign of Edward II apparently forbore to exercise its onerous privilege of returning members.

She lifted up her hands to strike me but forbore to do it.

that history is made by collective action, not individuals, Eisenstein forbore to single out any person in his film, but rather focused on the "mass protagonist".

Moore's death prevented the total destruction of Soult, and that Hope "forbore" to press the French, (Fitchett 1900, p.

loss of her husband and her people in the conflict, the widowed Matilda "forbore to sacrifice the lives of her few remaining people to a feeble attempt.

actual operation was dependent on the goodwill of the LNWR, and the C'HR forbore to complete the agreement.

Synonyms:

ancestor; forebear; great grandparent; antecedent; grandparent; root; ascendant; ascendent;

Antonyms:

consume; arrive; be born; disinherit; descendant;