forsook

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English - English
simple past of forsake
forsake
To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce
forsake
{f} desert, abandon, leave; renounce, give up
forsake
{v} to leave, go away from, quit, desert, flight
forsake
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
forsake
disapproval If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or stop you helping them or looking after them. I still love him and I would never forsake him
forsake
If you forsake something, you stop doing it, using it, or having it. He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war
forsake
To renounce; to reject; to refuse
forsake
To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity
forsake
To abandon
forsook

    Hyphenation

    for·sook

    Turkish pronunciation

    fôrsûk

    Pronunciation

    /fôrˈso͝ok/ /fɔːrˈsʊk/

    Etymology

    [ f&r-'sAk, for- ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English forsacan, from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law; more at SAKE.
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