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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
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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