Forebear



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 祖宗, 祖先
• ［英］ n. 祖宗, 祖先 ( person from whom one is descended)

Webster Collegiate

also forbear noun

• Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from fore- + -bear (from been to be)
• Date: 15th century
• ancestor, forefather; also precursor — usually used in plural

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