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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORGET', v.t. pret. forgot. [forgat, obs.]
1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalms 103.
2. To slight; to neglect.
Can a woman forget her sucking child? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Isaiah 49.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant: remember, think of]
2: be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: forget, block, blank out, draw a blank] [ant: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think]
3: forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" [ant: bear in mind, mind]
4: leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: forget, leave]

Merriam Webster's

verb (forgot; forgotten or -got; -getting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English forgietan, from for- + -gietan (akin to Old Norse geta to get) Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to lose the remembrance of ; be unable to think of or recall <I forget his name> b. obsolete to cease from doing 2. to treat with inattention or disregard <forgot their old friends> 3. a. to disregard intentionally ; overlook — usually used in the imperative <I shouldn't have said that, so just forget it> b. to give up hope for or expectation of — usually used in the imperative <as for prompt service, forget it> intransitive verb 1. to cease remembering or noticing <forgive and forget> 2. to fail to become mindful at the proper time <forgot about paying the bill> Synonyms: see neglect • forgetter noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (forgetting; past forgot; past part. forgotten or esp. US forgot) 1 tr. & (often foll. by about) intr. lose the remembrance of; not remember (a person or thing). 2 tr. (foll. by clause or to + infin.) not remember; neglect (forgot to come; forgot how to do it). 3 tr. inadvertently omit to bring or mention or attend to. 4 tr. (also absol.) put out of mind; cease to think of (forgive and forget). Phrases and idioms: forget-me-not any plant of the genus Myosotis, esp. M. alpestris with small yellow-eyed bright blue flowers. forget oneself 1 neglect one's own interests. 2 act unbecomingly or unworthily. Derivatives: forgettable adj. forgetter n. Etymology: OE forgietan f. WG (as FOR-, GET)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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["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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(forgets, forgetting, forgot, forgotten) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you forget something or forget how to do something, you cannot think of it or think how to do it, although you knew it or knew how to do it in the past. Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them... She forgot where she left the car and it took us two days to find it. ? remember VERB: V n, V wh 2. If you forget something or forget to do it, you fail to think about it or fail to remember to do it, for example because you are thinking about other things. She never forgets her daddy's birthday... She forgot to lock her door one day and two men got in... Don't forget that all dogs need a supply of fresh water to drink... She forgot about everything but the sun and the wind and the salt spray. ? remember VERB: V n, V to-inf, V that, V about n 3. If you forget something that you had intended to bring with you, you do not bring it because you did not think about it at the right time. Once when we were going to Paris, I forgot my passport. VERB: V n, also V about n 4. If you forget something or someone, you deliberately put them out of your mind and do not think about them any more. I hope you will forget the bad experience you had today... I found it very easy to forget about Sumner... She tried to forget that sometimes she heard them quarrelling. VERB: V n, V about n, V that 5. You say 'Forget it' in reply to someone as a way of telling them not to worry or bother about something, or as an emphatic way of saying no to a suggestion. (SPOKEN) 'Sorry, Liz. I think I was a bit rude to you.'—'Forget it, but don't do it again!'... 'You want more?' roared Claire. 'Forget it, honey.' CONVENTION [formulae] 6. You say not forgetting a particular thing or person when you want to include them in something that you have already talked about. The first thing is to support as many shows as one can, not forgetting the small local ones. PHRASE: PHR n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Lose the remembrance of, let slip from the mind. 2. Overlook, think no more of, consign to oblivion. 3. Slight, neglect, cease to care for.

Moby Thesaurus

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