Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FORGOT
FORGET
forget, block, blank out, draw a blank
(verb) be unable to remember; “I’m drawing a blank”; “You are blocking the name of your first wife!”
forget, bury
(verb) dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; “I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”
forget, leave
(verb) leave behind unintentionally; “I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant”; “I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors”
forget
(verb) forget to do something; “Don’t forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
forgot
simple past tense of forget
(archaic or colloquial) simple past tense and past participle of forget
Source: Wiktionary
For*got",
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Forget.
FORGET
For*get", v. t. [imp. Forgot (Forgat (, Obs.); p. p. Forgotten, Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting.] Etym: [OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. förgäta, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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