forsook
[fawr-soo k]
- a simple past tense of forsake.
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forsake
[fawr-seyk]
- to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.).
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Origin of forsake
before 900; Middle English forsaken to deny, reject, Old English forsacan, equivalent to for- for- + sacan to dispute
Synonyms
See more synonyms for forsake on Thesaurus.com2. forswear, relinquish, forgo.
Synonym study
1. See desert2.
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Examples from the Web for forsook
Historical Examples
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
- the past tense of forsake
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forsake
- to abandon
- to give up (something valued or enjoyed)
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Word Origin
Old English forsacan
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Word Origin and History for forsook
past tense of forsake.
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forsake
v.
Old English forsacan "object to, decline, oppose, refuse, deny," from for- "completely" + sacan "to deny, refuse" (see sake). Related: Forsaking.
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