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# forgettest

verb, old form used with thou

«forgettest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«forgettest» means «you forget», a form of «forget»: Not to remember something: a fact, a name, a word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forgettest/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou forgettest» = «you forget».

### Examples

- Thou knowest how to borrow, but thou forgettest to repay!" Then the wife of the poor man burst into tears. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forgettest/#x1)
- ‘Now take thy road, and I will take mine,’ said the giant. ‘And if thou forgettest thy promise, I will remember it.’ (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forgettest/#x2)

### Note

Today: you forget.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «forgettest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/forgettest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«forgettest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/forgettest.html) on Mova free.