obliviate

== English == === 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”). === Verb === obliviate (third-person singular simple present obliviates, present participle obliviating, simple past and past participle obliviated) (now rare) (transitive) To forget; to wipe from existence. [from 1661] Near-synonym: obliterate ==== Related terms ====