forsake

for·sake

F0268400 (fôr-sāk′, fər-)tr.v. for·sook (-so͝ok′), for·sak·en (-sā′kən), 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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[Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]

forsake

(fəˈseɪk) vb (tr) , -sakes, -saking, -sook (-ˈsʊk) or -saken (-ˈseɪkən) 1. to abandon2. to give up (something valued or enjoyed)[Old English forsacan] forˈsaker n

for•sake

(fɔrˈseɪk)

v.t. -sook, -sak•en, -sak•ing. 1. to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: to forsake one's family. 2. to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.); forgo. [before 900; Middle English: to deny, reject, Old English forsacan (c. Old Saxon forsakan, Old High German firsahhan)] for•sak′er, n.

forsake

Past participle: forsaken
Gerund: forsaking

Imperative
forsake
forsake

Present
I forsake
you forsake
he/she/it forsakes
we forsake
you forsake
they forsake

Preterite
I forsook
you forsook
he/she/it forsook
we forsook
you forsook
they forsook

Present Continuous
I am forsaking
you are forsaking
he/she/it is forsaking
we are forsaking
you are forsaking
they are forsaking

Present Perfect
I have forsaken
you have forsaken
he/she/it has forsaken
we have forsaken
you have forsaken
they have forsaken

Past Continuous
I was forsaking
you were forsaking
he/she/it was forsaking
we were forsaking
you were forsaking
they were forsaking

Past Perfect
I had forsaken
you had forsaken
he/she/it had forsaken
we had forsaken
you had forsaken
they had forsaken

Future
I will forsake
you will forsake
he/she/it will forsake
we will forsake
you will forsake
they will forsake

Future Perfect
I will have forsaken
you will have forsaken
he/she/it will have forsaken
we will have forsaken
you will have forsaken
they will have forsaken

Future Continuous
I will be forsaking
you will be forsaking
he/she/it will be forsaking
we will be forsaking
you will be forsaking
they will be forsaking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been forsaking
you have been forsaking
he/she/it has been forsaking
we have been forsaking
you have been forsaking
they have been forsaking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been forsaking
you will have been forsaking
he/she/it will have been forsaking
we will have been forsaking
you will have been forsaking
they will have been forsaking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been forsaking
you had been forsaking
he/she/it had been forsaking
we had been forsaking
you had been forsaking
they had been forsaking

Conditional
I would forsake
you would forsake
he/she/it would forsake
we would forsake
you would forsake
they would forsake

Past Conditional
I would have forsaken
you would have forsaken
he/she/it would have forsaken
we would have forsaken
you would have forsaken
they would have forsaken

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

forsake - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"desert, desolate, abandonleave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

forsake

verb1. desert, leave, abandon, quit, strand, jettison, repudiate, cast off, disown, jilt, throw over, leave in the lurch I still love him and would never forsake him.2. give up, set aside, relinquish, forgo, kick (informal), yield, surrender, renounce, have done with, stop using, abdicate, stop having, turn your back on, forswear She forsook her notebook for new technology.3. abandon, leave, go away from, take your leave of He has no plans to forsake the hills.

forsake

verbTo give up or leave without intending to return or claim again:abandon, desert, leave, quit, throw over.Idioms: run out on, walk out on.

Translations

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forsake

(fəˈseik) – past tense forsook (fəˈsuk) : past participle forˈsaken – verb to leave alone; to abandon. He was forsaken by his friends. 拋棄 抛弃