sake

sake
    n 1: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died
         for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety";
         "in the common interest" [syn: {sake}, {interest}]
    2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually
       served hot [syn: {sake}, {saki}, {rice beer}]
    3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of
       argument"
    

Sake \Sa"ke\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), n.
   a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
   [Also spelled {saki}.]
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Sake \Sake\ (s[=a]k), n. [OE. sake cause, also, lawsuit, fault,
   AS. sacu strife, a cause or suit at law; akin to D. zaak
   cause, thing, affair, G. sache thing, cause in law, OHG.
   sahha, Icel. s["o]k, Sw. sak, Dan. sag, Goth. sakj[=o]
   strife, AS. sacan to contend, strive, Goth. sakam, Icel. saka
   to contend, strive, blame, OHG. sahhan, MHG. sachen, to
   contend, strive, defend one's right, accuse, charge in a
   lawsuit, and also to E. seek. Cf. {Seek}.]
   Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive;
   reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; --
   used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his
   sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to
   commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake
   of one's health.
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         Moved with wrath and shame and ladies' sake. --Spenser.
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         I will not again curse the ground any more for man's
         sake.                                    --Gen. viii.
                                                  21.
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         Will he draw out,
         For anger's sake, finite to infinite?    --Milton.
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         Knowledge is for the sake of man, and not man for the
         sake of knowledge.                       --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.
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   Note: The -s of the possessive case preceding sake is
         sometimes omitted for euphony; as, for goodness sake.
         "For conscience sake." --1 Cor. x. 28. The plural sakes
         is often used with a possessive plural. "For both our
         sakes." --Shak.
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Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), n.
   The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is
   usually spelled {sake}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC] Sakieh
    

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "sake":
      account, advantage, aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, basis,
      behalf, benefit, calling, cause, consideration, counsel,
      desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, effect,
      fixed purpose, function, gain, goal, good, ground, guiding light,
      guiding star, idea, ideal, inspiration, intendment, intent,
      intention, lodestar, mainspring, matter, meaning, mind, motive,
      nisus, objectives, plan, point, principle, profit, project,
      proposal, prospectus, purpose, purposes, reason, reasons,
      resolution, resolve, score, source, spring, striving, study,
      ulterior motive, view, vocation, welfare, well-being, will