For*get"ful (?), a.

1.

Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

2.

Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii. 2.

3.

Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious.

[Archaic or Poetic] "The forgetful wine."

J. Webster.

 

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