forget
forget is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Let y right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii.
- 2.Hath thy knee forget to bow Shak.
- 3.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.
- 4.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- addle
- after
- alone
- amnesia
- amnesty
- and
- anvil
- attention
- away
- back
- battle
- before
- behind
- beholden
- benediction
- bless
- cast
- cause
- collapse
- come
- complete
- consign
- decay
- deliberate
- die
- discharge
- down
- drawn
- drop
- ear
- efface
- escape
- fade
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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