Forbearing
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Forbearing - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
FORBEARING, ppr.
1. Ceasing; pausing; withholding from action; exercising patience and indulgence.
2. a. Patient; long suffering.
FORBEARING, n. A ceasing or restraining from action; patience; long suffering.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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