Forsake
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English
Verb
Forsake (third-person singular simple present forsakes, present participle forsaking, simple past forsook, past participle forsaken)
- To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.
Synonyms for Forsake
fail, relinquish, quit, leave, drop, desert, abandon, forgo, renounce, disown, abjure, abdicate, resign.
Antonyms for Forsake
retain, remain, assist, aid, succor, persevere, continue, stay, sustain, nurture, comfort, help, claim, maintain, hold, keep, cherish.
Thesaurus
abandon, abdicate, back out, be unfaithful, beg off, break faith, cast off, chuck, cry off, deny, depart, depart from, desert, discard, drop out, evacuate, fail, flee, forgo, forswear, give up, go back on, have done with, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, maroon, pass the buck, pull out, quit, quit cold, recant, reject, relinquish, renege, renounce, repudiate, resign, say goodbye to, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, stand down, surrender, take leave of, throw over, vacate, withdraw, yield
Etymology
From Middle English forsaken (“to reject, deny”), from Old English forsacan (“to dispute, quarrel, refuse, oppose”), akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan)[1], Danish forsage (“give up”), Middle High German versachen (“deny”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /foɻˈseɪk/
- Rhymes: -eɪk
Translations
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References
- Forsake in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Notes:
- ↑ forsake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Verb
Forsake (present tense forsaker; past tense forsaka/forsaket; past participle forsaka/forsaket; present participle forsakende; imperative forsak)
- give up, relinquish
- denounce (the devil)
