FORSAKE


Meaning of FORSAKE in English

v.tr. (past forsook; past part. forsaken)

1. give up; break off from; renounce.

2 withdraw one's help, friendship, or companionship from; desert, abandon.

Derivatives:

forsakenness n. forsaker n.

Etymology: OE forsacan deny, renounce, refuse, f. WG; cf. OE sacan quarrel

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.