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forgive

What is the past tense of forgive?

The past tense of forgive is forgave, and the past participle is forgiven.

Forgive is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of forgive

as a verb

base
forgive
past tense
forgave
past participle
forgiven
present participle
forgiving
third-person singular
forgives