forgot

CEFRA1

/fəˈɡɒt/

verb

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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They forgot to lock the door.
Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
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?

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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?
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[war...
Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] , volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210–211
“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?”
2012, Michael Frayn, Skios: A Novel, volume 1, Macmillan, page 189

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