forgat

American

[fer-gat] / fərˈgæt /

verb

Archaic.

a simple past tense of forget.

forgat British

/ fəˈɡæt /

verb

archaic a past tense of forget

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Example Sentences

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But the blood cried against them from the ground, and the Gods forgat them not.

From Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Church, Alfred John

Truly, I forgat the same at that time; and now I have not the money to mine hand.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

To you! to you! all song of praise is due: Only for you the heaven forgat all measure.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

Kate forgat her leg, and Jack his mowes, and all we, stag and hunters alike, ran to the gallery window for to gaze.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Then, as the book saith, Sir Launcelot began to resort unto Queen Guenever again, and forgat the promise that he made in the quest.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

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