About The Word Forget
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What's The Definition Of Forget?
[v] be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
[v] dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [v] leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [v] forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Forget: blank out | block | bury | draw a blank | leave Related Terms | Find terms related to Forget: abandon | blink at | blow up | brush aside | brush off | bury the hatchet | charge off | charge to experience | consign to oblivion | discount | dismiss | disregard | draw a blank | drop the subject | fail | fluff | forget about it | forget it | forgive and forget | ignore | lay aside | leave behind | let it go | let it pass | let slip | lose | lose sight of | not remember | omit | overlook | overpass | push aside | put aside | set aside | shrug off | slight | sneeze at | think nothing of | thrust aside | turn away from | write off See Also | drop | leave out | lose | miss | neglect | omit | overleap | overlook | pretermit | repress | suppress | unlearn Forget In Webster's Dictionary \For*get"\, v. t. [imp. {Forgot}({Forgat}, Obs.); p. p.
{Forgotten}, {Forgot}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forgetting}.] [OE.
forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- +
gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G.
vergessen, Sw. f["o]rg["a]ta, Dan. forgiette. See {For-}, and
{Get}, v. t.]
1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to
cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the
power of; to cease from doing.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits. --Ps. ciii. 2.
Let y right hand forget her cunning. --Ps. cxxxvii.
5.
Hath thy knee forget to bow? --Shak.
2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to
neglect.
Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes,
they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. --Is.
xlix. 15.
{To forget one's self}.
(a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be
lost in thought.
(b) To be entirely unselfish.
(c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's
dignity, temper, or self-control.
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