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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
              judgments.                            --Ps. lxxxix.
                                                    30.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;
          renounce; reject. See Abandon.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
              judgments.                            --Ps. lxxxix.
                                                    30.
  
     2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
  
              If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;
          renounce; reject. See Abandon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  forsake
       v : leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the
           lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon,
            desolate, desert]
       [also: forsook, forsaken]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εγκαταλείπω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To abandon#Verb, to give up, to leave#Verb
  (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To decline#Verb or refuse#Verb
  (something offer#Verb).
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or
  something).
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cause#Verb disappointment to; to be
  insufficient for (someone or something).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To abandon#Verb, to give up, to leave#Verb
  (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To decline#Verb or refuse#Verb
  (something offer#Verb).
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or
  something).
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cause#Verb disappointment to; to be
  insufficient for (someone or something).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To abandon#Verb, to give up, to leave#Verb
  (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To decline#Verb or refuse#Verb
  (something offer#Verb).
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or
  something).
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cause#Verb disappointment to; to be
  insufficient for (someone or something).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To abandon#Verb, to give up, to leave#Verb
  (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To decline#Verb or refuse#Verb
  (something offer#Verb).
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or
  something).
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cause#Verb disappointment to; to be
  insufficient for (someone or something).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     Englanti vb.
     hylätä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forsake
     Engelska vb.
     1 överge, lämna, försaka
     2 ge upp

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/
  verlaat

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/
  إترك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  forsake //fɔɹˈseɪk// //fɔːˈseɪk// //fə-// 
  изоставям, напускам
  to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/ 
  zanechat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/ 
  opustit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  forsake //fɔɹˈseɪk// //fɔːˈseɪk// //fə-// 
  hylätä
  to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  forsake /fəseik/
  abandonner, délaisser, livrer, quitter

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/ 
  1. त्याग~देना
        "He forsook his career to join the freedom struggle."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/
  napustiti, odustati, ostaviti

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  forsake //fɔɹˈseɪk// //fɔːˈseɪk// //fə-// 
  menelantarkan
  to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/
  abbandonare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  forsake //fɔɹˈseɪk// //fɔːˈseɪk// //fə-// 
  放棄する, 見捨てる
  to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  forsake /fəˈseɪk/ 
   1.  opuszczać
   2.  porzucać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  forsake /fəseik/
  abandonar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  forsake /fəseik/
  abandonar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  forsake //fɔɹˈseɪk// //fɔːˈseɪk// //fə-// 
  överge, försaka
  to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  forsake /fɔːsˈeɪk/
  1. (sook, saken) vaz geçmek
  2. yüzüstü bırakmak, terketmek.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  forsake
  forsake

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/fɔɹˈseɪk/

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/fɔˈʂɑːkə/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsake":
     abandon, abdicate, back out, be unfaithful, beg off, break faith,
     cast off, chuck, cry off, deny, depart, depart from, desert,
     discard, drop out, evacuate, fail, flee, forgo, forswear, give up,
     go back on, have done with, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind,
     leave flat, maroon, pass the buck, pull out, quit, quit cold,
     recant, reject, relinquish, renege, renounce, repudiate, resign,
     say goodbye to, shift the blame, shift the responsibility,
     stand down, surrender, take leave of, throw over, vacate, withdraw,
     yield
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 放弃,断念,抛弃;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 放弃,断念,抛弃

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