different between forgive vs forgave

English

Etymology

Alternation (due to give) of Middle English foryiven, for?iven, from Old English for?iefan (“to forgive, give up, provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frageban? (“to give away; give up; release; forgive”), equivalent to for- +? give (etymologically for- + yive). Cognate with Scots forgeve, forgif, forgie (“to forgive”), West Frisian ferjaan (“to forgive”), Dutch vergeven (“to forgive”), German vergeben (“to forgive”), Icelandic fyrirgefa (“to forgive”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?r-g?v', fôr-g?v', IPA^(key): /f?(?)???v/, /f??(?)???v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f????v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Verb

forgive (third-person singular simple present forgives, present participle forgiving, simple past forgave, past participle forgiven)

1. (transitive) To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation.

2. (intransitive) To accord forgiveness.
   • a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, Joseph's History considered; - Forgiveness of Injuries (sermon)

     The brave know only how to forgive […] A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

Derived terms

• forgivable
• forgiveness
• forgiveworthy

Translations

References

• forgive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• forgive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?r-g?v', fôr-g?v', IPA^(key): /f?(?)??e?v/, /f??(?)??e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

forgave

1. simple past tense of forgive