forgive

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It is not like the usual noble fortitude of our Clara," said the old man, kindly taking her hand Oh, Doctor, forgive--forgive me!

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  1. transitive verb To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon.
  2. transitive verb To renounce anger or resentment against.
  3. transitive verb To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example).
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  1. Middle English forgiven, from Old English forgiefan; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English forgiven, forgifen, forʒiven, foryiven, forʒeven, etc., from Anglo-Saxon forgifan (preterit forgeaf, plural forgeáfon, past participle forgifen), give, give up, forgive, remit (a thing, accusative, unto a person, dative) (= Old Saxon fargebhan = D. vergeven = Middle Low German vergeven, Low German vergeben, vergewen = Old High German firgeban, Middle High German vergeben, German vergeben = Icelandic fyrirgefa = Old Danish forgive (cf. Danish tilgive) = Swedish förgifva, forgive, = Gothic (Moesogothic) fragiban, give, grant), (for-, away, + gifan, give.
 

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