forgetter

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for·get

(fər-gĕt′, 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.

a. To banish from one's thoughts: forget a disgrace.

b. 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.

Idiom:

forget (oneself)

To lose one's reserve, temper, or self-restraint.

[Middle English forgeten, from Old English forgietan; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

for·get′ter n.

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Retail owners increase his business then forgetter old fashion and run with new tradition.

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Years later, Will proves he is "a big forgetter" (Schwartz 1987, 112)--the lesson about his father's morbid life and death has been lost on him.

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He said, historians have forgetter the sacrifices rendered by Sooriah Badshah against British imperialism in year 1942.The Movement of Restoration of Democracy (MRD) is also neglected one because this movement got influence and centric in Sindh.