forsake

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 References 2 Norwegian 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

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’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'foɻseɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

[edit] Verb

to forsake (third-person singular simple present forsakes, present participle forsaking, simple past forsook, past participle forsaken)

1. To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.

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[edit] References

• forsake in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• Notes:

1. ^ forsake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Alternative spellings

• forsage

[edit] Verb

forsake (present tense forsaker; past tense forsaka/forsaket; past participle forsaka/forsaket; present participle forsakende; imperative forsak)

1. give up, relinquish
2. denounce (the devil)

[edit] Derived terms

• forsakelse