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obliviate en · VERB

Etymology

From oblivion + -ate (verb-forming suffix), itself either from Old French oblivion (13th century) or directly from Latin oblīviō, ultimately from oblīvīscor (“to forget”), originally “even out, smooth over, erase”; further perhaps from ob- (“against, towards”) + the root of lēvis (“smooth”) + -scor (“forming inchoative verbs”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, transitive) To forget; to wipe from existence.
    • Time has not yet obliviated the veneration of our jacobins for France, while she was seething with faction and blood […] 1811, George Grennell, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
    • Near-synonym: obliterate

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
obliviates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
obliviated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
obliviated Tense=Past lexicographic
obliviating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

oblivion · oubliette · obliviation

Synonyms

obliterate