forsake

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /fɔrˈseɪk/

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Verb

Plain form forsake

Third-person singular forsakes

Past tense forsook

Past participle forsaken

Present participle forsaking

1. If you forsake something, you abandon or leave it permanently.
   • Synonyms: renounce, abandon and desert

   He would never forsake his disabled wife.