FORSAKE


Meaning of FORSAKE in English

■ verb ( past forsook ; past participle ~n ) chiefly literary abandon or leave.

↘renounce or give up.

Derivatives

~nness noun

~r noun

Origin

OE forsacan 'renounce, refuse', of W. Gmc origin; ult. related to for- and sake 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.