forget
verb (used with object)
to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall.
forgetter
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a word derived from
forget.
Example Sentences
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We are not so stupid or so careless as that imperial forgetter of his dreams, that we should need a seer to remind us of the form of them.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge
If thou canst not be a Spartan, be a Stoic; if not an avenger, then a forgetter; if not a lover, then a gallant!
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
Social nature, like Nature herself, is a great forgetter.
From Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac
Was it not agreed between us that the forgotten should exact from the forgetter whatever penalty he chose?
From A Syrup of the Bees by Anonymous
Mamma, let's have a forgetter, for Don, or any of us.
From Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 18, May 3, 1914 by Various
