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

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Example Sentences

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disremember

“She understood the ongoing national effort to disremember — this startling combination of dismembering and remembering — to protect the innocence of America,” Glaude says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

I disremember which port—somewheres up the St. Lawrence where we loaded lumber for the Gulf o' Mexico, but the captain and me was away fishing.

From A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock

"I disremember that I have spoke Jack Gray's name at all sense you two have been here," said Mrs. Brown cautiously.

From Marcy The Refugee by Harry Castlemon

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