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Definition of Forsaken
1. forsake [v] - See also: forsake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsaken
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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