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forsake Definition

for·sake (fôr sāk, fər-)

transitive verb -·sook, -·saken, -·sak·ing

  1. to give up; renounce (a habit, idea, etc.)
  2. to leave; abandon

Etymology: ME forsaken < OE forsacan, to oppose, forsake < for-, for- +sacan, to contend, strive < sacu: see sake

forsake Synonyms

forsake

v.

  1. To abandon

    desert, leave, quit; see abandon 2.

  2. To relinquish

    renounce, give up, surrender; see abandon 1. See syn. study at abandon.

forsake Usage Examples

Object

  • thou: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • covenant: They may have cheered on Mount Carmel, but ' they have forsaken the covenant You made here on Sinai with Moses... .
  • god: It was time for him to leave this god forsaken place.
  • sin: That you would be faithful, not deny Him, forsake sin, live or die for Him, or witness to your neighbor?
  • wife: The apparently barren, forsaken wife will bear miraculously, as Sarah did ( Is.
  • path: Forsaking the path of Faith, for whatever reason, always brings complications.

Used with why or when

  • what: Popularly speaking, sin is forsaking what God has ordered, or doing what He has declared to be " haram.

Preposition: as

  • sin: He is forsaken as the sins of the world are taken on himself Mt.

Modifying Another Word

  • utterly: Throughout his long reign he rarely visited the palace and the building became ' utterly forsaken ' .
  • never: He will never forsake you or cause you harm.
  • all: Jesus, for whom they had forsaken all, was leaving.
  • not: For You will not forsake him who trusts in You to the very end.
  • now: And by what right does the United States now forsake Bosnia's legitimate claim to these rights?
  • n't: However, do n't forsake the rest of UGU just to get to the Linux-specific information.
forsake Quotes

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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