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dis·re·mem·ber

   [dis-ri-mem-ber]
verb (used with object) Southern and South Midland U.S.
to fail to remember; forget.
Origin:
1805–15; dis-1 + remember
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disremember (ˌdɪsrɪˈmɛmbə)
 
—vb
informal chiefly (US) to fail to recall (someone or something)

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disremember
1815, Amer.Eng. colloquialism, from dis- + remember.
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