forsake

for·sake  (fôr-sk, fr-)

tr.v. for·sook (-sk), for·sak·en (-skn), for·sak·ing, for·sakes

1. To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor.

2. To leave altogether; abandon: forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage.

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[Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]

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forsake [fəˈseɪk]

vb -sakes, -saking, -sook [-ˈsʊk] -saken [-ˈseɪkən] (tr)

1. to abandon

2. to give up (something valued or enjoyed)

[Old English forsacan]

forsaker  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

forsake - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" desert, desolate, abandon leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children" ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover" maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

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forsake

verb

1. desert, leave, abandon, quit, strand, jettison, repudiate, cast off, disown, jilt, throw over, leave in the lurch I still love him and would never forsake him.

2. give up, set aside, relinquish, forgo, kick (informal), yield, surrender, renounce, have done with, stop using, abdicate, stop having, turn your back on, forswear She forsook her notebook for new technology.

3. abandon, leave, go away from, take your leave of He has no plans to forsake the hills.

Translations

forsake [fəˈseɪk] (forsook (pt) (forsaken (pp))) VT (= abandon) → abandonar; (= give up) [+ plan] → renunciar a; [+ belief] → renegar de

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forsake [fə^rˈseɪk] [forsook] [fə^rˈsʊk] (pt) [forsaken] [fə^rˈseɪk^ən] (pp) vt → abandonner

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forsake pret <forsook> ptp <forsaken>

vt → verlassen; bad habits → aufgeben, entsagen (+dat) (geh); his charm never forsakes him → sein Charme lässt ihn nie im Stich

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forsake [fəˈseɪk] (forsook (pt) (forsaken (pp))) vt (person) → abbandonare; (place) → lasciare

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forsake [fəˈseɪk] (forsook (pt) (forsaken (pp))) vt (person) → abbandonare; (place) → lasciare

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forsake

v forsake [fəˈseik]

to leave alone; to abandon He was forsaken by his friends. in die steek gelaat يَهْجُر، يَتَخَلّى عن изоставям opustit forlade; svigte verlassen εγκαταλείπω abandonar hülgama ترک کردن hylätä abandonner לִנטוֹש त्याग देना ostaviti, napustiti elhagy meninggalkan yfirgefa, hverfa frá abbandonare 見捨てる ...을 저버리다, (버리고) 떠나다 apleisti pamest; atstāt ditinggalkan in de steek laten svikte, forlate porzucić abandonar a părăsi, a abandona покидать opustiť zapustiti napustiti överge, lämna ละทิ้ง terketmek 拋棄 покидати ترک کر دینا bỏ rơi; từ bỏ 抛弃