forbore

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Verb

forbore verb

To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
To control oneself when provoked.

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bethought unavailingly repine animadvert desisted obtrude behoved reprehend scrupled bewray scorne temporise forbeare endeavoured intermeddle forrow

Rhymes

absorb or door bore floor bore orb or therefore bore war bore

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