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Forsake   /fɔrsˈeɪk/   Listen
verb
Forsake  v. t.  (past forsook; past part. forsaken; pres. part. forsaking)  
1.
To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. "If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments."
2.
To renounce; to reject; to refuse. "If you forsake the offer of their love."
Synonyms: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See Abandon.





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"Forsake" Quotes from Famous Books



... Do not give your reverence to all; do not be ready to have one bed with your companions. Do not threaten or speak big words, for it is a shameful thing to speak stiffly unless you can carry it out afterwards. Do not forsake your lord so long as you live; do not give up any man that puts himself under your protection for all the treasures of the world. Do not speak against others to their lord, that is not work for a good man. Do not be a bearer of lying stories, or a tale-bearer ...
— Gods and Fighting Men • Lady I. A. Gregory
... helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own on this voyage; but what returns will be made for them, Heaven alone can foretell. Integrity and firmness are all I can promise. These, be the voyage long or short, shall never forsake me, although I may be deserted by all men; for of the consolations which are to be derived from these, under any circumstances, the ...
— Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. • Benson J. Lossing
... intercourse with him, which, trivial when singly viewed, amounted together to a perceptible disinclination for her society. It broke upon her at length as a great pain that her last old disciple was about to forsake her and flee. He who had believed in her and argued on her side when all the rest of the world was against her, had at last like the others become weary and neglectful of the old cause, and was leaving her ...
— Far from the Madding Crowd • Thomas Hardy
... forth thine eye: this youthful parcel Of noble bachelors stand at my bestowing, O'er whom both sovereign power and father's voice I have to use: thy frank election make; Thou hast power to choose, and they none to forsake. ...
— All's Well That Ends Well • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]
... without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have; for He hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man ...
— The End of a Coil • Susan Warner


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