Definition of Forsaken

1. Verb. (past participle of forsake) ¹

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Definition of Forsaken

1. forsake [v] - See also: forsake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsaken

forprofits
forrad
forrader
forrard
forrarder
forray
forrayed
forraying
forrays
forren
forridden
forrill
forrit
forsaid
forsake
forsaken (current term)
forsakenness
forsaker
forsakers
forsakes
forsakest
forsaketh
forsaking
forsay
forsaying
forsays
forsee
forseeable
forseek
forset

Literary usage of Forsaken

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Mf y hart forsaken me the fountain of 5: ".thy children hart forsaken me, ... 18:18. in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, 2K. ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Lorn was aleo used as an adjunct to other words : thus, lats-lorne meant forsaken by bis lass ; also love-lorn, forsaken by his love. Milton in Comas. ..."

3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"... followed the objects of their veneration, forsaken. A few however stayed behind, and the brotherhood still dragged on a feeble life for some time. ..."

4. Matthew Arnold: How to Know Him by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"When it is asked to read poetry, it prefers to any amount of sheer intellectual edification the music and glamour of a piece like "The forsaken Merman," ..."

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