forsake

The definition of forsake is to abandon or to give up something.

(verb)

An example of forsake is when you leave your spouse.

See forsake in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

See forsake in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb for·sook (-so͝okˈ), for·sak·en (-sāˈkən), for·sak·ing, for·sakes

To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor.
To leave altogether; abandon: forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English forsaken

Origin: , from Old English forsacan; see sāg- in Indo-European roots

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