forbear
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Forbear the dream, or let the vow be told.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Forbear, for-bār′, v.i. to keep one's self in check: to abstain.—v.t. to abstain from: to avoid voluntarily: to spare, to withhold.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Forbear, therefore, to infuse into my mind such mournful thoughts, if not for love, at least for pity.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre
It surely was the Echo to my fears, The whistling wind, perhaps, which mimick'd voice; But thrice methought it loudly cry'd, "Forbear."
From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Ever shall I desire thee, and thou, if this may be, Forbear to drink among the dead the lethe-draft for me.
From Love, Worship and Death Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology by Rodd, Rennell
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Romeo and Juliet
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Grade 11, List 6
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The Hobbit
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