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

For it was a ring of forgetfulness, so that whosoever wore it, that person would forget whatever the Lady Vivien would have him disremember.

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle

I disremember how long I worked fer Mis' Hannah Whitaker.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

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