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▪ I. forbearing, vbl. n.|fəˈbɛərɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. forbear.
13..K. Alis. 3826 There was yeve no forberyng; Bytweone favasour and kyng. 13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxii. 780 Worschupe þou folly fflesch-fadur..And þat in two Maner of þinges: In boxumnesse and for-berynges. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. lxxxi, What is synne but a wanting or a forberyng of good. 1529Supplic. to King 41 Forbearinge of bodely workes & kepinge ydle holy dayes. 1533More Apol. xii. 91 b, The leuyng out of felonye, sacrylege, & murder, is rather a token of wylynes then any forbering or fauour. 1570Act 13 Eliz. c. 8 §5 The Loan or forbearing of a hundred Pound for one Year. 1641Hinde J. Bruen v. 16 The for⁓bearing of meats and drinks. 1659Hammond On Ps. x. 13 Paraphr. 55 Thy longanimity in forbearing of wicked men. ▪ II. forbearing, ppl. a.|fəˈbɛərɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That forbears; patient under provocation, long-suffering; † abstinent.
c1425Eng. Conquest Irel. xxxvi. (1896) 88 He was..[of] mete, & of drynke ful meen & for-berynge. 1611Bible 2 Tim. ii. 24 The seruant of the Lord must not striue: but bee gentle vnto all men..patient [marg. Or, forbearing]. 1782Cowper Table T. 401 There is a time..For long-forbearing clemency to wait. 1853C. Brontë Villette x. (1876) 85 Madame Beck was..forbearing with all the world. Hence forˈbearingly adv., forˈbearingness.
1831Examiner 660/2 The fitness of whipping Mr. Muir was..forbearingly negatived. 1855Clarke Dict., Forbearingness. 1874Helps Soc. Press. xxv. (1875) 406 Considerations of pity, tenderness, and forbearingness. |