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for·sake
(fôr-sāk′, fər-)tr.v. for·sook (-so͝ok′), for·sak·en (-sā′kən), 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.
forsake
(fəˈseɪk)vb (tr) , -sakes, -saking, -sook (-ˈsʊk) or -saken (-ˈseɪkən)
1. to abandon
2. to give up (something valued or enjoyed)
[Old English forsacan]
forˈsaker n
for•sake
(fɔrˈseɪk)v.t. -sook, -sak•en, -sak•ing.
1. to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: to forsake one's family.
2. to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.); forgo.
[before 900; Middle English: to deny, reject, Old English forsacan (c. Old Saxon forsakan, Old High German firsahhan)]
for•sak′er, n.
forsake
Past participle: forsaken
Gerund: forsaking
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Verb | 1. | ![]() 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" |
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.
forsake
verbTo give up or leave without intending to return or claim again:
Idioms: run out on, walk out on.
Translations
يَهْجُر، يَتَخَلّى عن
opustit
forladesvigte
hylätä
yfirgefa, hverfa frá
apleisti
atstātpamest
terketmek
forsake
[fəˈseɪk] (forsook (pt) (forsaken (pp))) VT (= abandon) → abandonar; (= give up) [+ plan] → renunciar a; [+ belief] → renegar deforsake
(fəˈseik) – past tense forsook (fəˈsuk) : past participle forˈsaken – verb to leave alone; to abandon. He was forsaken by his friends.