forgave

For the verb: "to forgive"

Simple Past:	forgave
Past Participle:	forgiven

Multiple Entries:
  forgave    forgive  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forgave/fəˈɡeɪv/

past of forgive.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forgive/fəˈɡɪv/

▶verb (past forgave; past part. forgiven) stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence or mistake.

■ excuse (an offence or mistake).

– derivatives
forgivable adjective,
forgivably adverb,
forgiver noun,
forgiving adjective,
forgivingly adverb.

– origin OE forgiefan, of Gmc origin, ult. rel. to for- and give.