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for⋅get

  [fer-get] verb, -got or (Archaic) -gat; -got⋅ten or -got; -get⋅ting.
Use forget in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
2. to omit or neglect unintentionally: I forgot to shut the window before leaving.
3. to leave behind unintentionally; neglect to take: to forget one's keys.
4. to omit mentioning; leave unnoticed.
5. to fail to think of; take no note of.
6. to neglect willfully; disregard or slight.
–verb (used without object)
7. to cease or omit to think of something.
—Idiom
8. forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
Origin:
bef. 900; for- + get; r. ME foryeten, OE forg(i)etan; c. OS fargetan, OHG firgezzan

Related forms:
for⋅get⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
for⋅get⋅ter, noun

Usage note:
Both forgot and forgotten are used as the past participle of forget: Many have already forgot (or forgotten) the hard times of the Depression. Only forgotten is used attributively: half-forgotten memories.
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for·get   (fər-gět', fôr-)   
v.   for·got (-gŏt'), for·got·ten (-gŏt'n) or for·got, for·get·ting, for·gets

v.   tr.
  1. To be unable to remember (something).
  2. To treat with thoughtless inattention; neglect: forget one's family.
  3. To leave behind unintentionally.
  4. To fail to mention.
    1. To banish from one's thoughts: forget a disgrace.
    2. Informal To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative: Oh, forget it. I refuse to go!
v.   intr.
  1. To cease remembering: Let's forgive and forget.
  2. To fail or neglect to become aware at the proper or specified moment: forgot about my dental appointment.

[Middle English forgeten, from Old English forgietan; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
for·get'ter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : forget
Spanish: olvidar,
German: vergessen,
Japanese: 忘れる
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forget 
O.E. forgytan, from for- "passing by, letting go" (cf. forbear, forgo) + gietan "to grasp" (see get). A common Gmc. construction (cf. O.S. fargetan, Du. vergeten, Ger. vergessen "to forget"). The literal sense would be "to lose (one's) grip on," but that is not recorded in any Gmc. language. Forgettable (1845) first attested in Carlyle. Forget-me-not (the flowering plant Myosotis palustris) is so called from 1532, from O.Fr. ne m'oubliez mye; in 15c. the flower was supposed to ensure that those wearing it should never be forgotten by their lovers. Similar loan-transl. into other languages, cf. Ger. Vergißmeinnicht, Sw. forgätmigej, Hungarian nefelejcs, Czech nezabudka.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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forget

In addition to the idiom beginning with forget, also see forgive and forget.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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