verb
Meaning 1
To forget; to wipe from existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: obliterate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obliterate
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
obliviate
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History
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”).