▪ 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. c 1440 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. lxxxi, What is synne but a wanting or a forberyng of good. 1529 Supplic. to King 41 Forbearinge of bodely workes & kepinge ydle holy dayes. 1533 More Apol. xii. 91 b, The leuyng out of felonye, sacrylege, & murder, is rather a token of wylynes then any forbering or fauour. 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 8 §5 The Loan or forbearing of a hundred Pound for one Year. 1641 Hinde J. Bruen v. 16 The for⁓bearing of meats and drinks. 1659 Hammond 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.
| c 1425 Eng. Conquest Irel. xxxvi. (1896) 88 He was..[of] mete, & of drynke ful meen & for-berynge. 1611 Bible 2 Tim. ii. 24 The seruant of the Lord must not striue: but bee gentle vnto all men..patient [marg. Or, forbearing]. 1782 Cowper Table T. 401 There is a time..For long-forbearing clemency to wait. 1853 C. Brontë Villette x. (1876) 85 Madame Beck was..forbearing with all the world. |
Hence forˈbearingly adv., forˈbearingness.
| 1831 Examiner 660/2 The fitness of whipping Mr. Muir was..forbearingly negatived. 1855 Clarke Dict., Forbearingness. 1874 Helps Soc. Press. xxv. (1875) 406 Considerations of pity, tenderness, and forbearingness. |