forborne
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. AnsteyAnd I were fain to reward her in that she hath forborne to grudge against thee and to bear thee enmity.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles | William MorrisBut ere the slaves had entered Bhanavar rubbed the Jewel on her bosom, muttering, 'I have forborne till now!
The Shaving of Shagpat, Complete | George MeredithTo men I had forborne it; you are women, Or, at the best, loose carpet-knights.
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerPlutina 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
/ (fɔːˈbɔːn) /
the past participle of forbear 1
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