disremember

American  

[dis-ri-mem-ber] / ˌdɪs rɪˈmɛm bər /

verb (used with object)

Southern and South Midland U.S.

1. to fail to remember; forget.

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disremember British  

/ ˌdɪsrɪˈmɛmbə /

verb

1. informal to fail to recall (someone or something)

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Etymology

Origin of disremember

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- ¹ + remember

Example Sentences

Rather than disremember, Cage simply called for action.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2016

She explained her blind eye: "I disremember did I get the lick before they put me in the jailhouse or endurin' the time they was puttin' me in the jailhouse."

From Time Magazine Archive

"And there, if I don't disremember," said the traveller, "is a house kept by the widow Dimock; the Blue Ball, I think?"

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

"Tooby suah I ain't disremember dat ar knocker o' yourn—not oncet in twenty yeah."

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

"I disremember, Olly," he replied, looking down into Olly's earnest eyes, "suthin' or other; she was techy, thet's all."

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert