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obliviate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
oblivi-ate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To forget; to wipe from existence.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From oblivion + -ate (verb-forming suffix), itself either from Old French oblivion (13th century) or directly from Latin oblīviō, ultimately from oblīvīscor (“to forget”), originally “even out, smooth over, erase”; further perhaps from ob- (“against, towards”) + the root of lēvis (“smooth”) + -scor (“forming inchoative verbs”).

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

obliviates (present, singular) obliviating (participle, present) obliviated (participle, past) obliviated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

obliviation oblivion oubliette

Synonyms

obliterate

Questions

What does obliviate mean?
To forget; to wipe from existence.
Where does obliviate come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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