Definitions for forebear
ˈfɔrˌbɛər, ˈfoʊr-fore·bear

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1. forebear, forbearnoun

   a person from whom you are descended

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1. forebearnoun

   An ancestor.

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1. forebear

   An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited."Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Some research suggests that the average person has twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. This might have been due to the past prevalence of polygynous relations and female hypergamy.Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2n ancestors in the nth generation before her/him and a total of 2g+1 − 2 ancestors in the g generations before him/her. In practice, however, it is clear that most ancestors of humans (and any other species) are multiply related (see pedigree collapse). Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans who have ever lived. Some cultures confer reverence to ancestors, both living and dead; in contrast, some more youth-oriented cultural contexts display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, some people seek providence from their deceased ancestors; this practice is sometimes known as ancestor worship or, more accurately, ancestor veneration.

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1. forebear

   A forebear is a person from whom one is descended, an ancestor or a predecessor.

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1. Forebearnoun

   an ancestor. See Forbear

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1. Forebear

   fōr-bār′, n. (Scot.) an ancestor, esp. in pl.

Matched Categories

1. • Ancestor

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for forebear »

1. forbeare

How to pronounce forebear?

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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How to say forebear in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forebear in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forebear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forebear
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forebear
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forebear
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forebear
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=forebear
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=forebear