tr.v. for·sook (-sk), for·sak·en (-sākən), for·sak·ing, for·sakes 1. To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor. 2. To leave altogether; abandon: forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage. [Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan; see sāg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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