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The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7.

One who forgives. Johnson.

Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.

To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego. For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty At your request. Chaucer. And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent. Spenser.

imp. & p. p. of Forget.

p. p. of Forget.

To harass; to torment; to distress. [Obs.] Spenser.

To seize upon. [Obs.]

Foreign; alien. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.

The act of forisfamiliating.

Anything furcate or like of a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.

e outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). -- Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. -- Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.), a grace…

ish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.

Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. A serpent seen, with forked tongue. Shak.

See Forcarve, v. t.

The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner.

Having no fork.

East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking.

Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated. "Forky tongues." Pope.