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Definition of Forsake
1. Verb. Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. "Sam cannot forsake Sue "; "The mother deserted her children"
Generic synonyms: Leave
Specialized synonyms: Expose, Walk Out, Ditch, Maroon, Strand
Derivative terms: Abandonment, Deserter, Deserter, Desertion, Desolation, Forsaking
Definition of Forsake
1. v. t. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.
Definition of Forsake
1. Verb. To abandon, to give up, to leave ''(permanently)'', to renounce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forsake
1. to quit or leave entirely [v -SOOK, -SAKEN, -SAKING, -SAKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsake
Literary usage of Forsake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ryme-index to the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer (1875)
"117/4093. cake, n. obj. forsake, inf. make,я. 444/1289; take, inf. 264/3429 ;
ytake, pp. 189/1858. forsake, ». make, n. 193/1980; take, inf. 311/285; v. ..."
2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"The Athenians, I. as the Persian host advanced, resolved to forsake their T^ He}-
city, broke up their homes, and, taking to their ships, had been became ..."
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