forsake

(fôr-sāk', fər-)
tr.v., -sook (-sʊk'), -sak·en (-sā'kən), -sak·ing, -sakes.

1. To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor.
2. To leave altogether; abandon: forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage.

[Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan.]

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meaning 'to give up, go without', is spelt for- not fore-, and has inflected forms forsook, forsaken. See for- and fore-.

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verb

To give up or leave without intending to return or claim again: abandon, desert³, leave¹, quit, throw over. Idioms: run out on, walk out on. See keep/release.

v

Definition: abandon, turn one's back on
Antonyms: go back, rediscover, return to, revert, stay with

See words rhyming with "forsake."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Forsake.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forlade, svigte, opgive

Nederlands (Dutch)
verlaten, in de steek laten, opgeven

Français (French)
v. tr. - abandonner (sout), renoncer à

Deutsch (German)
v. - verlassen, aufgeben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εγκαταλείπω, παρατώ, αφήνω, απαρνούμαι, αποκηρύσσω, παραιτούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
abbandonare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abandonar

Русский (Russian)
покидать, отказываться от, отрекаться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abandonar, dejar, desamparar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överge, avstå från

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
放弃, 抛弃, 断念

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 放棄, 拋棄, 斷念

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 저버리다, 버리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 見捨てる, やめる, 捨てる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נטש, זנח‬

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