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forsake
 
SYLLABICATION:for·sake
PRONUNCIATION:  fôr-sk, fr-
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: for·sook (-sk), for·sak·en (-skn), for·sak·ing, for·sakes
1. To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor. 2. To leave altogether; abandon: forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan. See sg- in Appendix I.
 
 
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