Part 4506

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.</def>

<blockquote>These are the <b>forgeries</b> of jealously. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a <b>forgery</b> of the second century. <i>Waterland.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Counterfeit</er>; <er>Forgery</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Counterfeit</i> is chiefly used of imitations of coin, or of paper money, or of securities depending upon pictorial devices and engraved designs for identity or assurance of genuineness. <i>Forgery</i> is more properly applied to making a false imitation of an instrument depending on signatures to show genuineness and validity.</usage>

<i>Abbott.</i>

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<hw>For*get"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Forgot</er> <tt>(?)</tt> (<er>Forgat</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <mark>Obs</mark>.); <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Forgotten</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Forgot</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forgetting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>forgeten</ets>, <ets>foryeten</ets>, AS. <ets>forgietan</ets>, <ets>forgitan</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>gietan</ets>, <ets>gitan</ets> (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. <ets>vergeten</ets>, G. <ets>vergessen</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'94rg\'84ta</ets>, Dan. <ets>forgiette</ets>. See <er>For-</er>, and <er>Get</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.</def>

<blockquote>Bless the Lord, O my soul, and <b>forget</b> not all his benefits. <i>Ps. ciii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let y right hand <b>forget</b> her cunning. <i>Ps. cxxxvii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hath thy knee <b>forget</b> to bow? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.</def>

<blockquote>Can a woman <b>forget</b> her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may <b>forget</b>, yet will I not <b>forget</b> thee. <i>Is. xlix. 15.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To forget one's self</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be entirely unselfish.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.</cd></cs>

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<hw>For*get"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; <as>as, a <ex>forgetful</ex> man should use helps to strengthen his memory</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.</def>

<blockquote>Be not <b>forgetful</b> to entertain strangers. <i>Heb. xiii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Poetic]</mark> "The <i>forgetful</i> wine."

<i>J. Webster.</i>

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<hw>For*get"ful*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a forgetful manner.</def>

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<hw>For*get"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.</def>

<blockquote>A sweet <b>forgetfulness</b> of human care. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; <as>as, <ex>forgetfulness</ex> of duty</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Forgetfulnes</er>, <er>Oblivion</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Forgetfulness</i> is Anglo-Saxon, and <i>oblivion</i> is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his <i>forgetfulness</i>; we speak of some old custom as buried in <i>oblivion</i>. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to.</usage>