forsook

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for·sake (fôr-s

, f

r-)

tr.v. for·sook (-s

), for·sak·en (-s

n), 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.

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

forsook [fəˈsʊk]

the past tense of forsake

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