Definition of forsake

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for·sake    (fôr-sk, fr-) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
for·sook  (-sk) KEY , for·sak·en  (-skn) KEY , 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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan; see sg- in Indo-European roots