English Dictionary
Definition of “forsake”
forsake (fəˈseɪk
)
Definitions
verb
(tr) - to abandon
- to give up (something valued or enjoyed)
Alternative Forms
forˈsaker noun Word Origin
Old English forsacan
Synonyms
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desert,
leave,
abandon,
quit,
strand,
jettison,
repudiate,
cast off,
disown,
jilt,
throw over,
leave in the lurch=
give up,
set aside,
relinquish,
forgo,
kick,
yield,
surrender,
renounce,
have done with,
stop using
abdicate,
stop having turn your back on
forswear,
Usage examples
Please forsake the Hitler underwear again please it's kind of sensitive for us
Sean Thomas, THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE (2002)Or must Horizon forsake operational effectiveness in favour of chaotic innovation?
Business Today (1999)They forsake such treatment here as they turn to the broadest of caricatures and good ol ' slapstick.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)It has a levity which Jim Carrey keeps fighting to forsake in his work.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)`The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Tada, Joni Eareckson, Diamonds in the Dust (1993)
