forgat
Americanverb
verb
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In the preterit some are likewise formed by a, as brake, spake, bare, share, sware, tare, ware, clave, gat, begat, forgat, and perhaps some others, but more rarely.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel
"And I visit upon her the days of the Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and put on her ring and her ornament, and went after her lovers, and forgat Me, saith the Lord."
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Then by her kisses did she know he frowned, But close about him her fair arms she wound, Until for happiness he 'gan to smile, And in those arms forgat all else awhile.
From The Earthly Paradise A Poem by Morris, William
To say Wat were last, howbeit, I writ not well, for I forgat Mynheer, and Cousin Bess, the which I should not.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
"And ye hev forgat yer sacred office to call me nicknames," answered Matthew, nothing abashed.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
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