English-Thai Dictionary

forsake

VT ยกเลิก  เลิก  yok-leak

 

forsake

VT ละทิ้ง  abandon desert relinquish la-ting

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORSAKE

v.t. pret.forsook; pp. forsaken. [See Seek. ] 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.
Forsake the foolish, and live. Proverbs 9:6.
2. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments - Psalm 89:3 .
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Psalm 37:8.
3. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. In anger, the color forsakes the cheeks. In severe trials, let not fortitude forsake you.
4. In scripture, God forsakes his people, when he withdraws his aid, or the light of his countenance.

 

FORSAKER

n.One that forsakes or deserts.

 

FORSAKEN

pp. Deserted; left; abandoned.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORSAKE

For *sake ", v. t. [imp. Forsook; p. p. Forsaken; p. pr. & vb. n.Forsaking. ] Etym: [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. 3 .

 

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.

 

FORSAKER

FORSAKER For *sak "er, n.

 

Defn: One who forsakes or deserts.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forsake

for sake |fərˈsāk, fôr -fərˈseɪk | ▶verb ( past forsook |-ˈso͝ok |; past participle forsaken |-ˈsākən | ) [ with obj. ] chiefly literary abandon (someone or something ): he would never forsake Tara. • renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant ): I won't forsake my vegetarian principles. DERIVATIVES for sak er noun ORIGIN Old English forsacan ‘renounce, refuse ’; related to Dutch verzaken, and ultimately to for- and sake 1 .

 

forsaken

for sak en |fərˌsākən, fôr -fərˈseɪkən | ▶adjective abandoned or deserted: a journey into forgotten and forsaken places. DERIVATIVES for sak en ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

forsake

for |sake |fəˈseɪk | ▶verb ( past forsook |-ˈsʊk |; past participle forsaken |-ˈseɪk (ə )n | ) [ with obj. ] chiefly literary abandon or leave: he would never forsake Tara. • renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant ): I won't forsake my vegetarian principles. DERIVATIVES forsaker noun ORIGIN Old English forsacan ‘renounce, refuse ’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch verzaken, and ultimately to for- and sake 1 .

 

forsaken

for |saken |fəˈseɪkən | ▶adjective abandoned or deserted: a journey into forgotten and forsaken places. DERIVATIVES forsakenness |fəˈseɪk (ə )nnɪs |noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forsake

forsake verb literary 1 he forsook his wife: abandon, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up ) with; jilt, strand, leave stranded, leave in the lurch, throw over; informal walk out on, run out on, dump, ditch, can. ANTONYMS return to, stay with. 2 I won't forsake my vegetarian principles: renounce, abandon, relinquish, dispense with, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of; give up, drop, jettison, do away with, ax; informal ditch, scrap, scrub, junk; formal forswear. ANTONYMS keep (to ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forsake

forsake verb 1 archaic she forsook her child, giving him up for adoption | he forsook his wife: abandon, desert, leave, quit, depart from, leave behind, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, give up, reject, disown; break (up ) with, jilt, strand, leave stranded, leave flat, leave in the lurch, throw over, cast aside /off, betray; informal run /walk out on, rat on, drop, dump, ditch, chuck; N. Amer. informal give someone the air. ANTONYMS stay with; return to. 2 it was never expected that voters would forsake their loyalties: renounce, give up, relinquish, dispense with, forgo, desist from, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, set aside, wash one's hands of, turn one's back on, repudiate, have done with; withdraw, drop, do away with, jettison; betray, renege on; informal ditch, scrap, scrub, axe, junk. ANTONYMS keep.

 

forsaken

forsaken adjective 1 when the bride failed to appear the forsaken groom fled to the men's room: abandoned, deserted, jilted, stranded, discarded, shunned, renounced, betrayed, rejected, disowned; informal dropped, dumped, ditched. 2 what brought those poor unfortunates to this forsaken place? desolate, bleak, godforsaken, remote, isolated, sequestered, lonely, solitary, deserted, derelict, dreary, forlorn, uninviting, cheerless, depressing, sad.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forsake

for sake /fə r séɪk /動詞 ～s ; -sook /-sʊ́k /; ～n /-séɪk (ə )n /; -saking 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈家族 友人など 〉を見捨てる, 見限る (abandon )(→desert 2 1 ); 〈土地 〉を去る .2 «…のために » 〈習慣 主義 信仰 生活様式など 〉をやめる, 廃止する «for » .

 

forsaken

for sak en /fə r séɪk (ə )n /動詞 forsakeの過去分詞 .形容詞 見捨てられた, 独りぼっちになった, 見放された .