2022-04-02 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – F - forbear & forebear

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2022-04-02

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – F - forbear & forebear 

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง forbear = “fawr-BAIR”

ออกเสียง forebear = “FAWR-bair” or “FOHR-bair”

 

The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:

forbear & forebear

Forbear (stress on second syllable) = restrain oneself 

Forbear or Forebear (stress on first syllable) = ancestor

 

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:

forebear

            = ancestor; 

            = forefather; 

            = progenitor: 

                            My forbears came over on the Mayflower.

Not to be confused with:

forbear = refrain or abstain from; 

              = to forgo: 

                             I’ll forbear the dessert, thank you.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

forebear

Did you know?

Forebear (also spelled, less commonly, as forbear)

was first used by our ancestors in the days of Middle English. 

Fore- means "coming before," just as in forefather, and 

-bear means "one that is." 

 

This -bear is not to be confused with the -bear 

in the unrelated verb forbear, which comes from Old English

beran, meaning "to bear or carry." 

 

The -bear in the noun forebear 

           is a combination of be-, from the verb be 

           (or, more specifically, from been, an old dialect variant of be), 

and -ar, a form of the suffix -er, 

which we append to verbs to denote one 

           that performs a specified action. 

In this case the "action" is simply existing or being

—in other words, -bear implies one who is a "be-er."

 

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:

Usage Note: 

Etymologically, a forebear is a "a fore-be-er," 

a person who has existed in earlier times. 

 

But because the -bear part of this word 

is pronounced to rhyme with the verb bear, 

people apparently conceive of the word's meaning 

as "a person who has given birth in earlier times,"

or "a person who has borne burdens in earlier times," 

as if it was a compound of the prefix fore- and the verb bear. 

 

The existence of the verb forbear has probably reinforced this notion, 

even though that verb means "to restrain oneself from doing something" 

and has lost its original meaning of "to endure." 

 

At any rate, 

the noun forebearer is sometimes found in place of forebear 

even in edited prose in sentences like 

 

His forebearers had crossed the Appalachians shortly after the American Revolution. 

 

The Usage Panel rejects this usage strongly but not overwhelmingly.

In fact, 36 percent accepted this sentence in our 2008 survey, 

suggesting that forebearer may soon be a word whose time has come.