Forsaken

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forsaken
       See {forsake}

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forsaken
       adj : left entirely; "forsaken slopes where children once played"
             [ant: {unforsaken}]

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

  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