Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To fail to remember.
  • intransitive verb To forget.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not to remember; to forget.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb Obs. or Archaic To fail to remember; to forget.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To fail to remember; to forget.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From dis- +‎ remember.

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Examples

  • An thou fain disremember me beyond our parting day,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • However presidential Richardson may appear or sound, it's very hard for me to 'disremember' the fact that he made it impossible for there to be a recount in NM in 2004 when there was huge evidence evenearly onthat Democratic votes by the thousands had been thrown out or not counted.

    Thoughts on the Las Vegas Dem Debate. 2007

  • Your's of the 14th, is duly received with another [whome] whose date I "disremember".

    Franklin County: John B. McPherson to Edward McPherson, December 28, 1859 John B. McPherson 1859

  • "disremember" that the "useful citizen" always holds his time, his trouble, his money, and his life ready at the hint of his country.

    Hero Tales from American History Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • For those of you who disremember or flunked out of high school chemistry, a short refresher.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • For those of you who disremember or flunked out of high school chemistry, a short refresher.

    Sesame Street is Brought to You by the Letter "V" Steve Perry 2009

  • “I disremember too much, I was too young when I was taken.”

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • “I disremember too much, I was too young when I was taken.”

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • “I disremember too much, I was too young when I was taken.”

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Another way of putting it would be to quote Tan'el Koth because I disremember who he was quoting when he said it: "When the gods would punish us, they answer our prayers."

    Archive 2008-10-01 Neth 2008

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