FORGIVE


Meaning of FORGIVE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ quite

I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them.

▪ ever , never

Can you ever ~ me?

▪ easily

Donna would not easily ~ Beth's silly attempt to trick her.

VERB + FORGIVE

▪ be able to , be unable to , can

I couldn't ~ him.

▪ be easy to

An insult like that isn't easy to ~.

▪ ask sb to , beg sb to

He fell to his knees and begged God to ~ him.

▪ try to

PREPOSITION

▪ for

She never forgave him for losing her ring.

PHRASES

▪ ~ and forget

He was not the sort of man to ~ and forget.

Forgive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ debt , ↑ manner , ↑ mistake , ↑ sin

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