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forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck
Recent Examples of forsake from the Web
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Having apparently forsaken his Playmate and the yacht, Smith wrote from India.
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As computers came into the newspaper's art department, Mr. Champagne was slow to forsake creating art by hand.
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That hot pink bottle was then forsaken for the now ubiquitous Sugarbear Hair gummies, which have blanketed Instagram since early 2016.
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Conservatives complained that the directive unleashed witch hunts, with due process forsaken.
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Until Ventura married a Dominican woman named María del Pilar Sangiovanni in early 2016, forsaking the objections of relatives and close friends and widening a rift between Ventura and his mother.
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Directed indulgently by Anthony Methvin, the high-energy cast has license to forsake all restraint.
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But the Mom and West Wing actress, 58, had forsaken the idea of ever winning an Oscar.
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The gravity of the shooting forced him for appearances’ sake to forsake golf at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend and instead cower indoors binge-watching cable TV and letting loose with his insane tweetstorm.
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Origin and Etymology of forsake
Middle English, from Old English forsacan, from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law — more at sake
forsake Synonyms
Antonyms
Related Words
discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out;
deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield;
escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from);
abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from);
Phrases
walk away from, walk out on;
Synonym Discussion of forsake
abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection.
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- abandoned children
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- a deserted town
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- a forsaken lover
FORSAKE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of forsake for English Language Learners
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: to give up or leave (someone or something) entirely
FORSAKE Defined for Kids
Definition of forsake for Students
forsook
\-ˈsu̇k\;
forsaken
\-ˈsā-kən\;
forsaking
: to give up or leave entirely
- Don't forsake your friends.
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