Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - forsake
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transitive verb (forsook; ~n; forsaking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English forsacan, from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law — more at sake Date: before 12th century to renounce or turn away from entirely friends have ~n her forsook the theater for politics Synonyms: see abandon
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1.
v.tr. (past forsook; past part. forsaken) 1 give up; break off from; renounce. 2 withdraw one's help, friendship, or companionship from; desert, abandon. Derivatives forsakenness n. forsaker n. Etymology: OE forsacan deny, renounce, refuse, f. WG; cf. OE sacan quarrel ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. оставлять, покидать, бросать to forsake one's old friends —- бросить старых друзей 2. оставлять (что-л.); отказываться (от чего-л.) to forsake one's post —- оставлять пост to forsake a habit —- отказываться от привычки to forsake one's principles —- отрекаться от своих принципов ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v.; past forsook; past part. forsaken 1) оставлять, покидать 2) отказываться (от привычки и т.п.) Syn: see leave ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(forsakes, forsaking, forsook, forsaken) 1. If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or stop you helping them or looking after them. (LITERARY) I still love him and I would never forsake him. VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you forsake something, you stop doing it, using it, or having it. (LITERARY) He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v past tense forsook past participle forsaken ~ n literary 1 to leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you (God will never forsake you.) 2 to stop doing or leave something that you have or enjoy (We had to forsake the comfort of our hotel room and spend the night waiting at the airport.) (- see also godforsaken) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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