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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Forsake

/fôr-sāk'/ · For·sake · IPA /fɔɹˈseɪk/
01 v. t. 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.
imp. Forsook; p. p. Forsaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Forsaking
  1. 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. 2.
    To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
    “If you forsake the offer of their love.” Shak.