"obliviate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: obliviates [present, singular, third-person], obliviating [participle, present], obliviated [participle, past], obliviated [past]
Etymology: Late 14th century, "state or fact of forgetting," from Old French oblivion (13th century) and directly from Latin oblīviōnem (“forgetfulness; a being forgotten”), from oblīvīscī (“forget”), originally "even out, smooth over, efface," from ob- (“over”) + root of lēvis (“smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lei-w-, from root *(s)lei- (“slime, slimy, sticky”) (see slime (noun)). Meaning "state of being forgotten" is early 15th century. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|oblivion}} Old French oblivion, {{der|en|la|oblīviōnem||forgetfulness; a being forgotten}} Latin oblīviōnem (“forgetfulness; a being forgotten”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lei-w-}} Proto-Indo-European *lei-w- Head templates: {{en-verb}} obliviate (third-person singular simple present obliviates, present participle obliviating, simple past and past participle obliviated)
  1. (transitive) To forget; to wipe from existence. Tags: transitive Related terms: obliviation [noun], oblivion

Inflected forms

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