forebears

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English

Definitions

verb

To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
To control oneself when provoked.

noun

An ancestor.

Related words

Synonyms

refrain forbear ancestors ancestries ascendants fathers forbears forefathers parents predecessors progenitors forefather ancestral ancestor ancestry descendants

Antonyms

Associated

adhered venerated neolithic grandfather descended emigrated lineage generations traced

Rhymes

state of affairs airs put on airs tears kick upstairs nightmares affairs downstairs unawares glares

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