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▪ I. forget, n. Chiefly colloq.|fəˈgɛt|
[f. next vb.]
An act of forgetting; a lapse of memory.
1861E. B. Ivatts Handbk. Railw. Station Managem. 27 Errors of Judgment and Casual Mistakes, including ‘Forgets’. 1880J. Payn Confid. Agent I. 111, I thought you might have made a forget of it. 1885T. Mozley Remin. Towns, etc. I. ix. 44, I was very liable to momentary forgets, transpositions and misplacings of words.
▪ II. forget, v.|fəˈgɛt|
Pa. tense forgot |-ˈgɒt|, arch. forgat |-ˈgæt|. Pa. pple. forgotten, arch. and poet., forgot |-ˈgɒt(ə)n, -ˈgɒt|. For forms see get.
[OE. forᵹietan str. vb. (forᵹeat, -ᵹéatun, -ᵹiten) corresponding to OS. far-getan (Du. vergeten), OHG. fargeȥan (MHG. vergeȥȥen, Ger. vergessen); f. OTeut. *getan (see get v.) in the sense ‘to hold, grasp’, the force of the prefix being that illustrated under for- prefix1 3. The etymological sense is thus ‘to miss or lose one's hold’; but the physical application is not recorded in any Teut. lang.]
1. trans. To lose remembrance of; to cease to retain in one's memory. † Formerly sometimes with out. Often with clause as obj. Also colloq. in admonitory phrases. Phr. forget it: take no more notice of it, don't mention it.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xlii, Næfre nauht he ne forgeat. c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 326 Þæt þu neforgyte þæt ic þe nu secge. a1200Moral Ode 98 Nabbeð hie no þing forȝieten of þat hie her iseien. c1300Beket 1956 Here names for here schrewede ne beoth noȝt forȝute ut [MS. Laud 108 nout forȝite ȝuyt]. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 16 Swa that na lenth of tyme it let Na ger it haly be forȝet. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. lxii. [lxv.] 210 That I sholde forgete out ony thynge that I have knowen to be done. c1540Howers of Blessed Virgin E. & L. 104 They shall Be registred so, they shall not be forgetten. c1676Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep Hist. MSS. Com. App. v. 34 The D. of Monmouth Mr. Griffin and Mr. Godolphin and a fourth whose name I have forgot. 1757Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 279 Have you forgot that every man is now born in as good a state as Adam was made at first? 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. I. 387 Frederic..did not forget his numerous wrongs and affronts. 1874Green Short Hist. i. §i. 5 Men forgot how to fight for their Country when they forgot how to govern it. 1888Detroit Free Press 6 Oct. (Farmer Amer.), You don't want to fool with those Quakers any, and don't you forget it. 1890R. K. Fox Slang Dict. N.Y. 48 ‘And don't you forget it’ [and other slang expressions] are all, or nearly all, Californianisms. 1903R. L. McCardell Conversat. Chorus Girl 91, I gave him the laugh, and said, ‘Forget it!’ 1909E. C. Hall Aunt Jane of Kentucky ii. 32 He was the Rev. Lemuel Page, and don't you forgit it. 1915Let. in C. Mackenzie My Life & Times (1966) V. 13 The next bloody army I join is the Salvation bloody army and don't you forget it. 1930R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xx. 302 Well, then, forget it... I sure don't want to wait any more. 1932[see aw int.]. 1951‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow xxii. 181 ‘By the way, Jeff—thanks!’ ‘Forget it.’ 1960‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit ix. 111 ‘I hope I'm not interrupting you...’ ‘Forget it.’ 1970W. Smith Gold Mine xxxi. 78 She was genuinely puzzled by the question... ‘What's he got to do with it?’ ‘All right, forget it.’
Prov.c1530R. Hilles Common-pl. Bk. (1858) 140 Seld sene sone forgotyn.
b. To fail to recall to mind; not to recollect.
1787‘Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen (1809) 28 He says much the same of rabbits and onions, but I forgot [? read forget] how he brings that to bear. 1847Marryat Childr. N. Forest xv, I forget the sign [of the inn].
c. const. to a person = as a matter of reproach against him. rare.
1822T. Moore Diary 31 Jan., The thing has never been forgotten to Etienne since.
d. absol. (or intr.) Also, to forget about: not to recall the facts concerning; not to remember to take action in the matter of (colloq.).
1382Wyclif Isa. xliv. 18 Thei forȝeeten, lest ther eȝen seeȝen, and lest thei vnderstoden in ther herte. c1435Torr. Portugal 824 The kyng wold not foreget. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. i. 243 Farewell thou can'st not teach me to forget. 1611Bible Ps. x. 11 Hee hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten. a1839Praed Poems (1864) I. 363 He'll learn..To feign and to forget. 18..Tennyson Flight i, Are you sleeping? have you forgotten? 1897N. Gould Seeing him Through xix, He had forgotten about that, it was such a long time ago. a1915R. Brooke Mem. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. xxv, I often wonder whether I haven't written several of them myself under a pseudonym, and forgotten about it.
2. To omit or neglect through inadvertence. Chiefly with inf. as obj. In poetry sometimes fig. of natural agents, etc.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark x. 21 An ðe is forgeten. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xvi. 5 Hiᵹ forgeton þæt hiᵹ hlafas namon. a1300Cursor M. 1730 (Cott.) Þe folk to preche for-gate he noght. c1386Chaucer Prioress' T. 59 This widwe hir litel sone y-taught Our blisful lady..To worshipe ay, and he forgat it naught. c1420Sir Amadace (Camden) xxviii, To sadulle his horse was noȝte forȝetun. 1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV (an. 10) 216 God dyd neither forgeve nor forget to punishe the duke. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. xvi. 444, I quite forgot to put it into my Journal. 1710Pope Windsor For. 353 The winds forget to roar. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan ix. 1389 Straight His Blood forgot to flow, his Heart to beat. 1842Tennyson Gardener's Dau. 85 The steer forgot to graze.
b. To omit to take, leave behind inadvertently.
a1300Cursor M. 1690 (Cott.) Fouxul ne worme forget þou noght. Ibid. 3163 (Cott) Suerd and fire forgat he noght. 1535Coverdale Deut. xxiv. 19 Whan thou hast reaped downe thine haruest in the felde, and hast forgotten a shefe in the felde. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. i. 6 Hotsp. A plague vpon it, I haue forgot the Mappe. Glend. No, here it is. 1768Goldsm. Good-n. Man iv. i, I had almost forgot the wedding ring! 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 72 We had no candles, they had been forgotten.
†c. with complementary adj. or adv. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter vi. 6 Þat nane be forgetyn vnpunyst. c1400Three Kings Cologne (1886) 127 Þes þinges oure lady forgat bihynde hir whan sche ȝede oute of þat plaas in to Egypte. 1513Douglas æneis xi. xvi. 69 Hys feris all hes hym forȝet allane.
d. To omit to mention, leave unnoticed, pass over inadvertently.
1538Elyot, Prætermitto, to leue vntouched, to forgete, to leue oute. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. V (an. 3) 49 b, I may not forget how the Frenche men..sent a herault. 1625Bacon Ess., Cunning (Arb.) 439 He would pass ouer that, that he intended most, and goe forth, and come backe againe, and speake of it, as of a Thing, that he had almost forgot. 1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland 93, I had almost forgot Tobacco, of which they are very great admirers. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. (1783) III. 187 Pray don't forget me to your uncle. 1881Freeman Subj. Venice 166 Not forgetting a gate which has been made out in the long walls.
3. To cease or omit to think of, let slip out of the mind, leave out of sight, take no note of.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) xii. 1 Hu lange wilt þu, Drihten, min forgitan. c1200Vices & Virtues (1888) 7 Hie forȝiteð to swiðe hem seluen wið-innen. a1300Floriz & Bl. 497 (Camb. MS.) Ne schal ihc neure forȝete þe. a1300Cursor M. 20208 (Cott.) O þat bode forgat scho noght. 1382Wyclif Ps. cxviii[i]. 176 Thin hestis I haue not forȝeten. c1450Bk. Curtasye 196 in Babees Bk. 305 Þou schalle neuer lose for to be kynde; That on forȝetis anoþer hase in mynde. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 45. 1651 Isaackson in Fuller's Abel Rediv., Andrewes (1867) II. 168 He forgat not his patron, Dr. Watts, at his end. 1717Pope Eloisa 208 The world forgetting, by the world forgot. 1797Nelson Aug. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 437, I shall not be surprised to be neglected and forgot, as probably I shall no longer be considered as useful. 1888M. E. Braddon Fatal Three i. v. Are you forgetting luncheon?
b. used in connexion with forgive; also absol. passing into proverb.
a1225Ancr. R. 124 Al þet hurt & al þet sore were uorȝiten & forȝiuen uor glednesse. 1421–2Hoccleve Dialogus 672 Mochil thyng haast thow write, That they nat foryeue haue, ne foryite. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 380 Hee did both forgive and forgett offences committed against his majestie. 1621H. Elsing Debates Ho. Lords (Camden) 74, I am sorry for it: I praye forgive and forgett. 1775Sheridan Rivals iv. ii, Come, come, Mrs. Malaprop, we must forget and forgive. 1841Trench Parables xxiv. (1877) 411 Though God may forgive, man is not therefore to forget.
†c. To drop the practice of (a duty, virtue, etc.); to lose the use of (one's senses). to forget to do = to forget how to do (something). Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 203 He forȝet alle his fre þewes, And wex wod to þe wrache. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1752 Lucrece, Desire That in his herte brent as any fire So wodely that hys witte was foryeten. 1390Gower Conf. II. 20 So clene his wittes he foryete. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iii. ii. 1 And may it be that you haue quite forgot A husbands office? 1592― Ven. & Ad. 1061 Her joints forget to bow. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. ii. 36 The terrour of such new and resolute opposition made them forget thir wonted valour.
4. In stronger sense: To neglect wilfully, take no thought of, disregard, overlook, slight.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 445 He verȝet al þe strong oþ, þat he adde byuore To emperesse. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2051 Whiles þai lyf þai have na mynde Of God, bot forgettes hym. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 201 Þis lore is forȝete and þe fendis lore take. a1400–50Alexander 3276 The gome þat hys god forgatt. 1571Buchanan Ane Admonition Wks. (1892) 21 It may seame..that I..forȝettis my devoir. a1703Burkitt On N.T. Jas. ii. 5 Men wallow in wealth, and forget God. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian ii, Why should I be in danger of forgetting what is due to my father?
5. to forget oneself.
a. To omit care for oneself.
b. To lose remembrance of one's own station, position, or character; to lose sight of the requirements of dignity, propriety, or decorum; to behave unbecomingly.
†c. To lose one's way.
d. To lose consciousness.
a.a1200Moral Ode 25 Þe þe him selfe forȝeit for wiue oðer for childe He sal cumen on euel stede. a1225Leg. Kath. 1377 Feire is us ifallen: ah ȝet we forȝeoteð us.
b.1593Shakes. Rich. II, iii. ii. 83 Aum. Comfort, my liege; remember who you are. K. Rich. I had forgot myself: am I not king? a1627Middleton & Rowley Changeling iii. iv, Push! you forget yourself; A woman dipp'd in blood, and talk of modesty! 1697Collier Immor. Stage i. 4 Jacinta, Elvira, Dalinda..forget themselves extreamly: And almost all the Characters..are foul and nauseous. 1794Nelson 29 July in Nicolas Disp. (1845) I. 462 These Agents forget themselves very much. 1856Reade Never too late xi, How is he to answer my question if he holds his tongue? you forget yourself. 189119th Cent. Dec. 856 When any speaker so far forgot himself as [etc.].
c.1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. xl. 93 b, The Captaine Generall..founde..missing one of his greate Shippes, in the which went Sancho..vnto whome it did well appeare, by reason it was night, that he had forgotten himselfe.
d.1390Gower Conf. II. 21, I myself foryete, That I wot never, what I am, Ne whider I shall, ne whenne I cam. c1430Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 7561 Hir self she forgute, With⁓out spech stil she sute. 1717Pope Eloisa 24 Though cold like you, unmov'd and silent grown, I have not yet forgot myself to stone. Mod. I was nearly asleep, I had just forgotten myself.
Hence forˈgetter, one who forgets.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. vii. (1495) 417 The coluoure is..foryeter of wronges. c1440Promp. Parv. 174/1 Forȝetare [v.r. forgeter], immemor. 1613Beaum. & Fl. Captain iv. iii, I think her A strange forgetter of herself. 1755Johnson, Forgetter, a careless person. 1826Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Pop. Fallacies, We are not..so careless as that Imperial forgetter of his dreams. 1869Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. ix. 17 Forgetters of God.
▪ III. forget
var. forgett.
▪ IV. forget(t) Glove-making.|ˈfɔːdʒɪt|
Also 7 forchet, (forge), 9 forchette, forget(te, forgit.
[originally forchet, a. F. fourchette of same meaning, lit. ‘fork’.]
(See quots.)
1681Min. Glover Incorp. Perth in Beck Gloves (1883) 153 That no Gloves be made with tard forchets but allenerly with Cliven forchets. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 18/1 The Forges, the peeces between the Fingers. 1862Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. i. xxiii. (1864) 125 The long strips, running up inside the fingers, are the forgits. 1886[see fourchette 1 d]. 189119th Cent. No. 178. 939 The pieces for the thumbs, and the forgets—i.e. the little side pieces for the fingers. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §429 Side pieces for fingers of glove (called fourchettes or forgets). |