FORSAKE

[for.sake] vt for.sook ; for.sak.en ; for.sak.ing [ME, fr. OE forsacan, fr. for- + sacan to dispute; akin to OE sacu action at law--more at sake] (bef. 12c): to renounce or turn away from entirely "friends have forsaken her" "forsook the theater for politics" syn see abandon