An archaic or non-standard spelling variant of 'forget,' meaning to fail to remember something.
This represents an older or dialectal spelling of 'forget' found in Middle English and Early Modern English texts. The double 't' appears in various historical documents before standardization.
This variant shows how spelling was fluid before dictionaries standardized English. You'd find 'forgett' in Shakespeare's era, reminding us that 'correct' spelling is really just 'whatever most educated people agreed on at a particular moment in time.'
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