forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
have forborne
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present perfectof forbear.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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I have therefore assumed the reader's acquaintance with the lives and achievements of the great leaders of native Art—Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, for instance—and have forborne to occupy my pages with directly rehearsing their famous memoirs.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
The objection to it which we now recognize,—that the Southern States might probably have forborne to educate the freedmen, and so left them disfranchised,—was not then prominent.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
What cause soever thou mightest have had," said the king, "thou shouldst have forborne her in my presence.
From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown
He could have forborne to do wrong, if he had had the will.
From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan
Harleigh, now, yet more curiously examining her, said, 'It would not have been easy to have forborne taking an interest in her fate.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
