Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Forget

Forget , transitive verb

[Old English forgeten, foryeten, Anglo-Saxon forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; compare Dutch vergeten, German vergessen, Swedish forgata, Danish forgiette. See For-, and Get, transitive verb]

1.
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. [Obsolete]
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm ciii. 2
Let my right hand forget her cunning. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm cxxxvii. 5
Hath thy knee forget to bow? — Shakespeare
2.
To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
Can a woman forget her sucking child?... Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — Is. xlix. 15
Collocations (1)
To forget one's self , (a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.