forborne

[ fawr-bawrn, -bohrn ]

verb
  1. past participle of forbear.

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How to use forborne in a sentence

  • Leander would hardly have been himself if he had forborne to take advantage of her discomfiture.

    The Tinted Venus | F. Anstey
  • And I were fain to reward her in that she hath forborne to grudge against thee and to bear thee enmity.

  • But ere the slaves had entered Bhanavar rubbed the Jewel on her bosom, muttering, 'I have forborne till now!

  • To men I had forborne it; you are women, Or, at the best, loose carpet-knights.

  • Plutina had forborne any account of this trouble to her lover, lest, by bad blood between the two men, a worse thing befall.

    Heart of the Blue Ridge | Waldron Baily

British Dictionary definitions for forborne

forborne

/ (fɔːˈbɔːn) /


verb
  1. the past participle of forbear 1

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