Forbore

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Past tense of forbear1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Simple past of forbear.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. of forbear.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Preterit of forbear.
  • Word Usage
    "It is true that, in deference to the prejudices of their Hindu neighbours in these ignorant wilds, they forbore from the sacred cow, but tinned substitutes offered sufficient opportunity for homage to British instincts."
    Variant
    forbear   
    Verb Stem
    forbear