forsake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
    abandon; desolate; desert.
    • The mother deserted her children

WordNet

For*sake" transitive verb
Etymology
AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse; for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See For-, and Sake.
Wordforms
imperfect Forsook ; past participle Forsaken ; present participle & verbal noun Forsaking
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913