forbear Copy link Outline 1. parco, pĕperci and parsi, parcĭtum and parsum, 3 (with dat.; less freq. with infin.)2. mitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (esp. in imperat., = away with3. sŭpersĕdeo, sēdi, ssum, 2 (to dispense with, q. v.4. fŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 3 (like mitto5. tempĕro, 1 • forbear: i. e., to refrain from doing something: 1. parco, pĕperci and parsi, parcĭtum and parsum, 3 (with dat.; less freq. with infin.): to f. lamentations, p. lamentis, Liv. 6, 3: f., if you please, to boast of fidelity and the rights of alliance, parce, sis, fidem ac jura societatis jactare, Liv. 34, 32, extr.: Virg.: Hor. 2. mitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (esp. in imperat., = away with: mostly poet.): f. fond hopes, mitte spes leves, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8: sometimes with infin.: f. to speak ill, mitte male loqui, Ter. And. 5, 3, 2: Hor. 3. sŭpersĕdeo, sēdi, ssum, 2 (to dispense with, q. v.: with abl.; less freq. with infin.): I should have forborne to speak before you, supersedissem loqui apud vos, Liv. 21, 40, init. 4. fŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 3 (like mitto: v. supr.): f. to enquire what is to be on the morrow, quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 13: Lucr. 5. tempĕro, 1: v. TO REFRAIN FROM.