forsake
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English forsaken (“to reject, deny”), from Old English forsacan (“to dispute, quarrel, refuse, oppose”), from Proto-Germanic *farsakanan (“to renounce”), equivalent to for- + sake. Akin to Middle High German versachen (“to deny”), Danish forsage (“to give up”), Norwegian forsake (“to give up, renounce”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan)[1].
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] 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.
[edit] Translations
to abandon
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[edit] References
- forsake in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Notes:
- ^ forsake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Verb
forsake (present tense forsaker; past tense forsaka/forsaket; past participle forsaka/forsaket; present participle forsakende; imperative forsak)
- give up, relinquish
- denounce (the devil)
