• v.
    ⦿resist doing something
    lexical concept
  • He refrained from hitting him back
  • she could not forbear weeping

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:forbear
  2. enl:refrain
wn:interlingual indexili:i35295

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • forbear
  • forbearrefrain