6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forget \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[aum]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. [1913 Webster] Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. --Ps. ciii. 2. [1913 Webster] Let my right hand forget her cunning. --Ps. cxxxvii. 5. [1913 Webster] Hath thy knee forget to bow? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect. [1913 Webster] Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. --Is. xlix. 15. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forgotten \For*got"ten\, p. p. of {Forget}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: forget v 1: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: {bury}] [ant: {remember}] 2: be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: {block}, {blank out}, {draw a blank}] [ant: {remember}] 3: forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" [ant: {mind}] 4: leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: {leave}] [also: {forgotten}, {forgot}, {forgetting}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: forgotten See {forget} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: forgotten adj 1: not noticed inadvertently; "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"; "he was scolded for his forgotten chores" [syn: {disregarded}] 2: no longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations" [syn: {lost}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "forgotten": absolved, acquitted, ago, antiquated, antique, blotted, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, canceled, condoned, dated, dead, dead and buried, deceased, defunct, departed, disregarded, elapsed, exculpated, excused, exonerated, expired, extinct, finished, forgiven, gone, gone glimmering, gone-by, has-been, ignored, ill-requited, ill-rewarded, indulged, irrecoverable, lapsed, lost, misremembered, neglected, no more, obliterated, obsolete, over, overlooked, pardoned, passe, passed, passed away, past, past recall, redeemed, remitted, reprieved, run out, shriven, spared, unacknowledged, unavenged, uncondemned, uncredited, unfairly neglected, unrecognized, unrequited, unresented, unrevenged, unrewarded, unthanked, vanished, wiped away, wound up
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