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Forebear

noun

A person from whom you are descended. Synonym: forbear.

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... horn sprouting, there appeareth neither trace nor token thereof in those who are discreet, and shame and soil of honour consist not but in things discovered; wherefore, whenas they may secretly, they do it, or, if they forebear, it is for stupidity. And have thou this for certain that she alone is chaste, who hath either never been solicited of any or who, having herself solicited, hath not been hearkened. And although I know by natural and true reasons ...

— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

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Words linked to "Forebear" : ascendant, ancestor, root, grandparent, great grandparent, antecedent, ascendent