forgot

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɡɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɚˈɡɑt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

forgot

1. simple past of forget
2. (archaic or colloquial) past participle of forget
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:

     Pro. Thou lieſt, malignant Thing: haſt thou forgot / The fowle Witch Sycorax, who with Age and Enuy / Was grown into a hoope? haſt thou forgot her?

   • 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] ‎, volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210–211:

     Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.

   • 2012, Michael Frayn, Skios: A Novel‎, volume 1, Macmillan, page 189:

     “That's so sweet of you! I think everyone has forgot me, sitting here in my box like a doll in a shop and nobody wants her.” “You haven't seen Dr. Wilfred, have you, Elli?” said Nikki. “Our lecturer? He hasn't phoned, by any chance?”