2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
A sweet forgetfulness of human care.
Pope. 3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.
Syn. — Forgetfulnes, Oblivion. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly
has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and
indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some
old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to.
Forgetive
(For"ge*tive) a. [From Forge.] Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak.
Forget-me-not
(For*get"-me-not`) n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.] (Bot.) A small herb, of the genus Myosotis
(M. palustris, incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem
of fidelity.
Formerly the name was given to the Ajuga Chamæpitus.
Forgettable
(For*get"ta*ble) a. Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.
Forgetter
(For*get"ter) n. One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson.
Forgettingly
(For*get"ting*ly), adv. By forgetting.
Forging
(For"ging) n.
1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.
2. The act of counterfeiting.
3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; — a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.
There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out.
London Times. Forgivable
(For*giv"a*ble) a. Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood.
Forgive
(For*give") v. t. [imp. Forgave ; p. p. Forgiven ; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgiving] [OE. forgiven,
foryiven, foryeven, AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G.
vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. frgifva, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See For-, and Give, v. t.]
1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
To them that list the world's gay shows I leave,
And to great ones such folly do forgive.
Spenser. 2. To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty
of; to pardon; — said in reference to the act forgiven.
And their sins should be forgiven them.
Mark iv. 12.
He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them.
Macaulay.
