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forsake
What does forsake mean?
forsake (verb): to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use forsake in a sentence?
- I'll never forsake you. (Tatoeba sentence #7113669 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce forsake?
/fɔɹˈseɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does forsake come from?
From Middle English forsaken (“to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from”), from Old English forsacan (“to oppose; to give up, renounce; to decline, refuse”), from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of forsake?
Words related to forsake
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “forsake” mean?
to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)
Right! That's what “forsake” means.
to stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united
Not quite: that's what adhere means.
to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone)
Not quite: that's what insult means.
to transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
Not quite: that's what convert means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “forsake”?
export
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desert
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depend
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cruise
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