forsook
[fawr-soo k]
verb
a simple past tense of forsake.
forsake
[fawr-seyk]
verb (used with object), for·sook, for·sak·en, for·sak·ing.
Origin of forsake
before 900; Middle English forsaken to deny, reject, Old English forsacan, equivalent to for- for- + sacan to dispute
Synonyms for forsake
Synonym study
1. See desert2.
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Related Words for forsook
relinquish, quit, spurn, renounce, repudiate, forgo, forswear, disown, jettison, disclaim, abdicate, jilt, yield, leave, resign, surrender, desertExamples from the Web for forsook
Historical Examples of forsook
And he obeyed her, forsook his unfinished tea and hurried away to the chapel.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
I forsook the fountain of living water when I left off prayer.
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
In 1773 he came to America, forsook the sea and settled in Virginia.
South American Fights and FightersCyrus Townsend Brady
We forsook all trade with the white men, and forgot their tongue.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)James Athearn Jones
You forsook him when his sight was failing; you made his life very desolate.
RomolaGeorge Eliot
forsook
verb
forsake
verb -sakes, -saking, -sook (-ˈsʊk) or -saken (-ˈseɪkən) (tr)
Word Origin for forsake
Old English forsacan
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