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Definition of Forgave
1. forgive [v] - See also: forgive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgave
Literary usage of Forgave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Friend or foe, they never forgot a benefit or forgave an injury.1 The Indian has
been described as of tall, angular, and generally stalwart physique; ..."
2. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Thomas Malory (1868)
"For thou hast resembled me in two things, he cried them mercy of that he had done
to them, and they forgave it him in that thou hast seen the marvels of the ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... with all his adherents, was exterminated by a conqueror, who seldom forgave
either the dead or the living ; like his predecessor Leo the ninth, ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... which he had there lent them, he cancelled them all, one by one, declaring to
his debtors, that he freely forgave them their debts, ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"One week afterwards, ¡Mary wrote another short letter, from which may be gathered
that lier sire had declared that " he forgave her all her offences ..."
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