Forget

for-get′, v.t. to lose or put away from the memory: to neglect:— pr.p. forget′ting; pa.t. forgot′; pa.p. forgot′, forgot′ten. — adjs. Forget′able , Forget′table ; Forget′ful , apt to forget: inattentive.— adv. Forget′fully .— ns. Forget′fulne ; Forget′-me-not , a small herb ( Myosotis palustris ) with beautiful blue flowers, regarded as the emblem of friendship: a keepsake [a word adapted by Cole ridge from the German Vergi meinnicht ]; Forget′ter , one who fails to bear in mind: a heedle person.— adv. Forget′tingly .— Forget one's self , to lose one's self-control or dignity, to descend to words and deeds unworthy of one's self. [A.S. forgietan —pfx. for- , away, git an , to get.]