Definition of Disremember

1. v. t. To fail to remember; to forget.

Definition of Disremember

1. Verb. (chiefly dialectal) To fail to remember; to forget. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disremember

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disremember

disregarding
disregardless
disregards
disregulate
disregulated
disregulates
disregulation
disrelated
disrelation
disrelations
disrelish
disrelished
disrelishes
disrelishing
disrelisht
disremember (current term)
disremembered
disremembering
disremembers
disrepair
disrepairs
disreputabilities
disreputability
disreputable
disreputable person
disreputableness
disreputably
disreputation
disrepute
disreputes

Literary usage of Disremember

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Norris, Brass, 1921 disremember On the whole, criticism of ... Reader's Digest 1983 calls disremember “a dialectal word” which “is sometimes used by ..."

2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"To disremember. To forget. Used chiefly in the Southern States. ... But some things perhaps I may disremember. —Western Tale, NY Spirit of the Times. ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"disremember. Dial, in England, and common in the north of Ireland. 1854 People generally kiss [the Pope's] toe,—I disremember which one,—but I didn't. ..."

4. Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia by John Harrison Surratt, George Purnell Fisher (1867)
"A. I disremember. Q. You cannot mention one whom you heard say it ? A. No, sir. ... A. \ disremember their names. Q. Don't you remember any of them ? ..."

5. Business English: A Course in Practical Grammar and Business Correspondence by Carl Coran Marshall (1905)
"I "disremember" his name. "referee" for act as referee. He "refereed" the game. ... I disremember who it was that financed the proposition. 2. ..."

6. Radical Rule; Military Outrage in Georgia: Arrest of Columbus Prisoners by Making of America Project (1868)
"A. I stayed all night in a mill of old man Whitehead's—I disremember the name of it—within ... A. I disremember. Q. Do you recollect the color of his hair. ..."

7. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"A. I disremember now what it was. I disremember just ... A. I don't know, sir; I disremember, sir. Q. You can not tell us?—A. No, sir. ..."

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