Definition of "forsake" []

• To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor. (verb-transitive)
• To leave altogether; abandon: forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But if ye fain forsake, I’ll requite till quits we cry!"
• "And if ye fain forsake, I’ll requite till quits we cry!"
• "That of Jonah ii. 8 is concerning such as forsake the true"