forˈbearable a.
[f. forbear v. + -able.]
† a. Ready to forbear, patient, indulgent (obs.). b. That may be forborne or dispensed with.
| 1465 Paston Lett. No. 518 II. 216, I founde the juges ryght gentell and forberable to me. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 362 The commerce of inland towns consists in the manufacture of forbearable articles. |