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Forebear

//ˈfɔːˌbɛə// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ancestor.

    "One day, among the days, he bethought him of this and fell lamenting for that the most part of his existence was past and he had not been vouchsafed a son, to inherit the kingdom after him, even as he had inherited it from his fathers and forebears; by reason whereof there betided him sore cark and care and chagrin exceeding."

  2. 2
    a person from whom you are descended wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of forbear. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Late 15th century, from fore- + beer (“one who is or exists”, literally “be-er”).

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