Forgotten vs Consigned - What's the difference?
forgotten | consigned |
A person or thing that has been forgotten.
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English adjectives ending in -en
English irregular past participles
(consign)
(business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
To entrust to the care of another.
* Alexander Pope
To send to a final destination.
* Atterbury
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To assign; to devote; to set apart.
* Dryden
To stamp or impress; to affect.
* Jeremy Taylor
As verbs the difference between forgotten and consigned
is that forgotten is while consigned is (consign).As an adjective forgotten
is of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.As a noun forgotten
is a person or thing that has been forgotten.forgotten
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(en verb)- Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Consigned the youthful consort to his care.
- to consign the body to the grave
- At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.
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- The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
- Consign my spirit with great fear.