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forgave 音标拼音: [fɚg'ev]
vbl. 原谅,宽恕,免除 原谅,宽恕,免除 Forgave \ For* gave"\ ( f[ o^] r* g[= a] v"), imp. of { Forgive}. [ 1913 Webster]
Forgive \ For* give"\, v. t. [ imp. { Forgave}; p. p. { Forgiven}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Forgiving}] [ OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven, AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f? rgifva, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See { For-}, and { Give}, v. t.] 1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. [ 1913 Webster] To them that list the world' s gay shows I leave, And to great ones such folly do forgive. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of ( an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven. [ 1913 Webster] And their sins should be forgiven them. -- Mark iv. 12. [ 1913 Webster] He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon ( an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending. [ 1913 Webster] Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. -- Luke xxiii. 34. [ 1913 Webster] I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object. " Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." -- Matt. vi. 12. " Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." -- Matt. ix. 2. Syn: See { excuse}. [ 1913 Webster]
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