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Foot poundal (?). (Mech.) A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
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Footprint (?), n. The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, “Footprints of the Creator.”
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Footrope (?), n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
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Foots (?), n. pl. The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead. Simmonds.
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footsore, foot-sore (?), a. Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.
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Footstalk (?), n. 1. (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
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3. (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. Knight.
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Footstall (?), n. [Cf. .] 1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
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2. (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar.
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Footstep (?), n. 1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.
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How on the faltering footsteps of decay
Youth presses. Bryant.
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2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
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Footstone (?; 110), n. The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.
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Footstool (?), n. A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
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Foot ton. (Mech.) A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.
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Foot valve. (Mech.) A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.
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Footway (?), n. A passage for pedestrians only.
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Footworn (?), a. Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.
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Footy (?), a. 1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc. [Eng.]
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2. Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
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Foozle (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Foozled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foozling (?).] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.] To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.

She foozles all along the course. Century Mag.
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Foozle, n. 1. A stupid fellow; a fogy. [Colloq.]
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2. Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.
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Fop (?), n. [OE. foppe, fop, fool; cf. E. fob to cheat, G. foppen to make a fool of one, jeer, D. foppen.] One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
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Fop-doodle (?), n. A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.] Hudibras.
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Fopling (?), n. A petty fop. Landor.
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Foppery (?), n.; pl. Fopperies (#). [From .] 1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
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2. Folly; foolery.
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Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house. Shak.
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Foppish (?), a. Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

Syn. -- Finical; spruce; dandyish. See .

-- Foppishly, adv. -- Foppishness, n.
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For- (�). [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. parā- away, Gr. � beside, and E. far, adj. Cf. to rub.] A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.
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For (?), prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. für, Icel. fyrir, Sw. för, Dan. for, adv. för, Goth. faúr, faúra, L. pro, Gr. �, Skr. pra-. √ 202. Cf. , , , , -.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
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1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
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With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. Shak.
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How to choose dogs for scent or speed. Waller.
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Now, for so many glorious actions done,
For peace at home, and for the public wealth,
I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden.
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That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.
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2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
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The oak for nothing ill,
The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. Spenser.
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It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. Bacon.
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Shall I think the worls was made for one,
And men are born for kings, as beasts for men,
Not for protection, but to be devoured? Dryden.
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For he writes not for money, nor for praise. Denham.
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3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against.
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We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2 Cor. xiii. 8.
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It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. Tillotson.
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Aristotle is for poetical justice. Dennis.
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4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; �ntending to go to.
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We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. Bacon.
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5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Ex. xxi. 23, 24.
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6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
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We take a falling meteor for a star. Cowley.
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If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru�? Locke.
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Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. Dryden.
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But let her go for an ungrateful woman. Philips.
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7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.
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The writer will do what she please for all me. Spectator.
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God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. Dr. H. More.
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For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. Swift.
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8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
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For many miles about
There 's scarce a bush. Shak.
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Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. prior.
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To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. Garth.
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9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.]
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We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. Beau. & Fl.
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Coloq. For , or Coloq. As for , so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under .
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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Josh. xxiv. 15.
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For me, my stormy voyage at an end,
I to the port of death securely tend. Dryden.
-- Coloq. For all that , notwithstanding; in spite of. -- Coloq. For all the world , wholly; exactly. “Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry.” Shak. -- Coloq. For as much as , or Coloq. Forasmuch as , in consideration that; seeing that; since. -- Coloq. For by . See , adv. -- Coloq. For ever , eternally; at all times. See . -- Coloq. For me , or Coloq. For all me , as far as regards me. -- Coloq. For my life , or Coloq. For the life of me , if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] T. Hook. -- Coloq. For that , Coloq. For the reason that , because; since. [Obs.] “For that I love your daughter.” Shak. -- Coloq. For thy , or Coloq. Forthy [AS. forðȳ.], for this; on this account. [Obs.] “Thomalin, have no care for thy.” Spenser. -- Coloq. For to , as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- “What went ye out for to see?” Luke vii. 25. See , prep., 4. -- Coloq. O for , would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. “O for a muse of fire.” Shak. -- Coloq. Were it not for , or Coloq. If it were not for , leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. “Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.” Sir M. Hale.
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For (?), conj. 1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
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And for of long that way had walkéd none,
The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar. Fairfax.
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And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think
I will your serious and great business scant,
For she with me. Shak.
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2. Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.
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Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever. Ps. cxxxvi. 1.
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Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike
As if we had them not. Shak.
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Coloq. For because , because. [Obs.] “Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens.” Robynson (More's Utopia). -- Coloq. For why . (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See .

Syn. -- See .
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For, n. One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
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Coloq. The fors and against . those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.
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Forage (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See food, and cf. .] 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
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He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. Shak.
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One way a band select from forage drives
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. Milton.
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Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. Marshall.
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2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden.
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Coloq. Forage cap . See under . -- Coloq. Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.
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Forage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging (?).] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak.
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Coloq. Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. -- Coloq. Foraging cap , a forage cap. -- Coloq. Foraging party , a party sent out after forage.
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Forage (?), v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.
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Forager (?), n. One who forages.
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Foralite (?), n. [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.
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Foramen (?), n.; pl. L. Foramina (#), E. Foramines (#). [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
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Coloq. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. -- Coloq. Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
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Foraminated (?), a. [L. foraminatus.] Having small opening, or foramina.
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Foraminifer (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Foraminifera.
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Foraminifera (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See .
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Foraminiferous (?), a. 1. Having small openings, or foramina.
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2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
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Foraminous (?), a. [L. foraminosus.] Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.
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Forasmuch (?), conj. In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under , prep.
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Foray (fŏr� or f�rā; 277), n. [Another form of forahe. Cf. .] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser.
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The huge Earl Doorm, . . .
Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.
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Foray, v. t. To pillage; to ravage.
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He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.
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Forayer (? or ?), n. One who makes or joins in a foray.
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They might not choose the lowland road,
For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott.
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Forbade (?), imp. of .
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Forbathe, v. t. To bathe. [Obs.]
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Forbear (fŏrbâr), n. [See , and to produce.] An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] [Also spelled forebear.] “Your forbears of old.” Sir W. Scott.
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Forbear (fŏrbâr), v. i. [imp. Forbore (?) (Forbare (�), [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing.] [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See to support.] 1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
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Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 1 Kings xxii. 6.
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2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii. 7.
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3. To control one's self when provoked.
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The kindest and the happiest pair
Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper.
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Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb.
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Forbear, v. t. 1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
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But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone.
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The King
In open battle or the tilting field
Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.
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2. To treat with consideration or indulgence.
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Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2.
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3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.]
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Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser.
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Forbearance (?), n. The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
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He soon shall find
Forbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.
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2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
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Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goes slower. Shak.

Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
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Forbearant (?), a. Forbearing. [R.] Carlyle.
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Forbearer (?), n. One who forbears. Tusser.
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Forbearing, a. Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. -- Forbearingly, adv.
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