(1):

(n.) An ancestor; a forefather; - usually in the plural.

(2):

(v. t.) To cease from bearing.

(3):

(v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.

(4):

(v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

(5):

(v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

(6):

(v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.

(7):

(v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.