"disremember" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪsɹɪˈmɛmbə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪsɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/ [General-American] Forms: disremembers [present, singular, third-person], disremembering [participle, present], disremembered [participle, past], disremembered [past]
Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ) Etymology: From dis- + remember. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|remember}} dis- + remember Head templates: {{en-verb}} disremember (third-person singular simple present disremembers, present participle disremembering, simple past and past participle disremembered)
  1. (chiefly US dialectal) To fail to remember; to forget. Tags: US, dialectal Categories (topical): Memory
    Sense id: en-disremember-en-verb-fP9OZUsP Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for disremember meaning in English (2.5kB)

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          "ref": "1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 33",
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