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To bathe. [Obs.]

An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] "Your forbears of old." Sir W. Scott.

The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.

Forbearing. [R.] Carlyle.

One who forbears. Tusser.

Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. -- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.

or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. Shak.

The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.] ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. Milton.

Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of…

In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.

One who forbids. Milton.

aising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Very black. [Obs.] As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. Chaucer.

p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer.

imp. of Forbear.

p. p. of Forbear.

To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.] All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.

Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.] To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer. To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).

To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.] Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.