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Forsake Sb/Sth) To Leave Sth Bre /Fəˈseɪk/Name /Fərˈseɪk Verb For•Sook /Bre Fəˈsʊk; Name Fərˈsʊk/, For•Saken/Bre Fəˈseɪkən; Name Fərˈseɪkən/)(Literary)1 ~ Sb/Sth

Front forsake
Back BrE /fəˈseɪk/NAmE /fərˈseɪk/

verb

(for•sook /BrE fəˈsʊk; NAmE fərˈsʊk/, for•saken/BrE fəˈseɪkən; NAmE fərˈseɪkən/)(literary)1 ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) to leave sb/sth, especially when you have a responsibility to stay abandonHe had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her.

2 ~ sth (for sb/sth) to stop doing sth, or leave sth, especially sth that you enjoy =renounce She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland. see also godforsaken

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