| 单词 |
forgetting |
| 释义 |
▪ I. forgetting, vbl. n.|fəˈgɛtɪŋ|
[f. forget v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. forget; also, † the state of being unconscious, oblivion.
1340Ayenb. 18 Ingratitude, þet is, uoryeti[n]ge of god and of his guodes. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxxiv. (1495) 724 Wyne bredyth in the soule foryetynge of anguyssh. c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 109 Fforgetyng makyth a man in his schryfte to forȝete boþe smale synnes & grete. 1538Elyot Dict., Prætermissio, forgetynge, or leuinge out of a thynge. 1614W. Barclay Nepenthes in Jas. I Counterbl. (Arb.) 116 It maketh and induceth..the forgetting of all sorrowes and miseries. 1643Milton Divorce ii. xxii. (1851) 128, I am not willing to discover the forgettings of reverend men. 1803–6Wordsw. Intim. Immort. v, Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting.
†2. The state of being forgotten, oblivion. Obs.
a1050Liber Scintill. lvi. (1889) 174 Heo na byð on forgytincge [oblivione]. a1340Hampole Psalter Cant. 498 Þou gaf til forgetynge all my synnys. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xv. 236 That thilk mynde die not and falle not into forȝeting. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. i. 4 God had..prouided to preserue it from forgetting.
▪ II. forgetting, ppl. a. rare.|fəˈgɛtɪŋ|
[see + -ing2.]
That forgets, forgetful.
1847Emerson Poems, Uriel, A forgetting wind Stole over the celestial kind. 1855in Clarke Dict.
Hence forˈgettingly adv., in a forgetful manner; forgetfully; through forgetfulness.
1605B. Jonson Volpone iv. vi, I fear I haue (forgettingly) transgrest Against the dignity of the Court. 1650Hall Grounds Monarchy in Harrington Oceana (1700) 14 Which..partly in this penury of Books, forgettingly I pass. |
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单词 forgett 释义 ▪ I. forget, n. Chiefly colloq.|fgt|[f. next vb.]An act of forgetting; ......