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- Dictionaryforebear/ˈfɔːbɛː/
noun
- 1. an ancestor: "generations of his forebears had lived in London"
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a relative who lived in the past. Synonym. ancestor. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your ancestors. ancestor I discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court. forebear My forebears were enslaved and brought to this country. forefather I visited the land of my forefathers.
The -bear in the noun forebear is a combination of be-, from the verb be (or, more specifically, from been, an old dialect variant of be), and -ar, a form of the suffix -er, which we append to verbs to denote one that performs a specified action.
A forebear is an ancestor, or someone you are descended from. You might have thought that forebear means to stop yourself from doing something. The word you are thinking of is forbear .
a relative who lived in the past. Synonym. ancestor. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your ancestors. ancestor I discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court. forebear My forebears were enslaved and brought to this country. forefather I visited the land of my forefathers.
to prevent yourself from saying or doing something, especially in a way that shows control, good judgment, or kindness to others: forbear from His plan was such a success that even his original critics could scarcely forbear from congratulating him.
Forebear definition: ancestors; forefathers.. See examples of FOREBEAR used in a sentence.
noun. an ancestor. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. < fore + be + -er. forebear in American English. (ˈfɔrˌbɛər, ˈfour-) noun. (usually forebears) ancestors; forefathers. Also: forbear. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
