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forbearant, a.|fəˈbɛərənt|
[f. as prec. + -ant.]
Forbearing, indulgent, patient.
1642R. Harris Serm. Ps. x. 14, 17 p. 32 God is Wisdome it selfe; and therefore forbearant. 1830Examiner 419/2 The temper of George IV may have been forbearant. 1859Smiles Self-Help xii. (1860) 342 The world at large is not so forbearant.
Hence forˈbearantly adv.
1855in Ogilvie Suppl., whence in mod. Dicts. |