forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
has forborne
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present perfectof forbear (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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However, I think the Church has forborne remarkably in these matters, not committing herself to any precise attitude, but awaiting the issue of the struggle.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various
The labours of the husbandman and the artificer she has forborne.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
Situated as Spain and the United States are, the latter has forborne to resort to extreme measures.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White
I am thankful that he has forborne to probe my wound; and I will endeavour to heal it by the consciousness that I have not deserved the indignity I have received.
From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney
It is not for me, on presenting this petition, to assign reasons which the army of petitioners has forborne to assign.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
