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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of forgive.

Etymologies

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forgive +‎ -est

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Examples

  • Whether thou killest me or forgivest my crime, my face and head are on thy threshold.

    The Gulistan of Sa'di 2003

  • And if thou forgivest pardon is better than revenge.

    The Gulistan of Sa'di 2003

  • For Thou, because Thy mercy endureth for ever, vouchsafest to those to whom Thou forgivest all of their debts, to become also a debtor by Thy promises.

    The Confessions 1999

  • Of a truth such are base persons, and they go a whoring from Thee, loving these fleeting mockeries of things temporal, and filthy lucre, which fouls the hand that grasps it; hugging the fleeting world, and despising Thee, Who abidest, and recallest, and forgivest the adulteress soul of man, when she returns to Thee.

    The Confessions 1999

  • Who is there who, considering his own weakness, dare ascribe his chastity or innocency unto his own strength, that he may less love thee, as though thy mercy were less necessary unto him, whereby thou forgivest the sins of them that are converted to thee.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • What man is there who, when reflecting upon his own infirmity, dares to ascribe his chastity and innocence to his own powers, so that he should love thee less -- as if he were in less need of thy mercy in which thou forgivest the transgressions of those that return to thee?

    Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

  • She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of our fathers, who when thou hast been angry, wilt shew mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • Thou, however, forgivest them, remembering that they were thy pupils, or, perhaps, owing to my ill luck. '

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Without doubt, O grandsire, the sons of Pandu are being favoured by thee, inasmuch as thou forgivest, O hero, this slaughter of my army.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of our fathers, who when thou hast been angry, wilt shew mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 17: Tobias The Challoner Revision

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