forsake
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English forsaken (“to reject, deny”), from Old English forsacan (“to dispute, quarrel, refuse, oppose”), from Proto-Germanic *farsakaną (“to renounce”), equivalent to for- + sake. Akin to Dutch verzaken, Middle High German versachen (“to deny”), Danish forsage (“to give up”), Norwegian forsake (“to give up, renounce”), Swedish försaka (“to give up, to be without”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to rebuke, quarrel”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.
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References[edit]
- forsake in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Notes:
- ^ forsake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farsakaną. Compare Danish forsage, Swedish försaka, English forsake, Dutch verzaken.
Verb[edit]
forsake (present tense forsaker; past tense and past participle forsaka or forsaket)
- give up, relinquish
- denounce (the devil)
