Forsake

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔɹˈseɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

Origin

From Middle English forsaken ("to reject, deny"), from Old English forsacan ("to dispute, quarrel, refuse, oppose"), from Proto-Germanic *farsakaną ("to renounce"), equivalent to - + 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").

Webster 1913|forsake

Full definition of forsake

Verb

1. To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.