forborne

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A form of forbear — To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of forbear

    For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne for ever, The worm, regret, will canker on, And time will turn him never.

    1874, William Henley, O, Gather Me the Rose
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