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forsake(dictionary)

forsake (oh)



past participle forsaken /-5seIkEn/
[T] formal
[Language: Old English; Origin: forsacan]
to leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you
-synonym abandon abandon
::children forsaken by their parents
to stop doing, using, or having something that you enjoy
-synonym give up give up
::She will never forsake her vegetarian principles.
to leave a place, especially when you do not want to
::He has forsaken his native Finland to live in Britain.
-see also godforsaken