Forgave
[fə'ɡeɪv] or [fɚ'ɡev]
Definition
(-) imp. of Forgive.
(imp.) of Forgive
Typed by Damian
Definition
pa.t. of forgive.
Checked by Letitia
Examples
- But I forgave her long ago; and I forgive him now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- So he forgave young Bullock and consented that the marriage should take place. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She wronged me again and again, and again and again I forgave her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She forgave me; and why should she not have forgiven you? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Should you think all that pleasant enough if I forgave you? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He understood his father and he forgave him everything and he pitied him but he was ashamed of him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The letter told him his mother was dead, and that, dying, she blest and forgave him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yet I know she quite forgave 'ee. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He did wrong, but we forgave him, and all promised not to say a word to anyone, began Jo reluctantly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was angered quickly, but she forgave just as readily, and underneath her pride there was the meekness of a child. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But I forgave ye varry soon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As freely as ever victim forgave her executioner. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Even he forgave me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Elinor gloried in his integrity; and Marianne forgave all his offences in compassion for his punishment. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Pet, however, being close behind him, touched him on the shoulder, and Mr Meagles immediately forgave Marseilles from the bottom of his heart. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Madame Fosco took a book from the table, sat down, and looked at me, with the steady vindictive malice of a woman who never forgot and never forgave. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checked by Letitia