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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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60 words match “FORGET”

FORGET v. 2 definitions

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.

FORGET-ME-NOT n.

A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

FORGETFUL a. 3 definitions

Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

FORGETFULLY adv.

In a forgetful manner.

FORGETFULNESS n. 3 definitions

The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.

Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak.

Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.

One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson.

FORGETTINGLY adv.

UNFORGETTABLE a.

Not forgettable; enduring in memory. Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

th in her rich attire. Milton. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire Jer. ii. 32.

ern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.

Backward in time or order of succession; past. Forgetting those things which are behind. Phil. ii. 13.

An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.

mocking me. Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope.

her by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. Shak.

A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

To give alms, sympathy, or aid. To do good and to communicate forget not. Heb. xiii. 16.