forsaken
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forsake \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. {Forsook}; p. p. {Forsaken}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Forsaking}.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse;
for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See
{For-}, and {Sake}.]
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.
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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
judgments. --Ps. lxxxix.
30.
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2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
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If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.
Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;
renounce; reject. See {Abandon}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsaken":
abandoned, available, cast-off, castaway, defenseless, derelict,
deserted, desolate, discarded, disowned, disused, fatherless,
forlorn, free, friendless, godforsaken, helpless, homeless,
jettisoned, jilted, kithless, left, loveless, lovelorn, marooned,
motherless, open, outcast, outside the gates, outside the pale,
rejected, solitary, spurned, tenantless, unbeloved, uncherished,
uncouth, unfilled, unfriended, uninhabited, unloved, unmanned,
unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unstaffed, untaken, untenanted,
untended, vacant
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