a. [f. FORBEAR v. + -ABLE.] † a. Ready to forbear, patient, indulgent (obs.). b. That may be forborne or dispensed with.
1465. Paston Lett., No. 518, II. 216. I founde the juges ryght gentell and forborable to me in my matres.
1803. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., I. 368/1. The commerce of inland towns consists in the manufacture of forbearable articles.
