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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forsake.

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Examples

  • But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

    Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

  • But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

    Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

  • His feelings are for ever on the stretch; and when he begins to sink into repose, he finds himself obliged to quit that on which he rests in pleasure for something new, which again engages his attention, and which also he forsakes for other novelties.

    Chapter 19 2010

  • But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

    Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

  • His feelings are for ever on the stretch; and when he begins to sink into repose, he finds himself obliged to quit that on which he rests in pleasure for something new, which again engages his attention, and which also he forsakes for other novelties.

    Chapter 2 2010

  • And if the current week of strikes teaches anything, it's that a nation that forgoes economic growth ultimately forsakes its pensioners.

    Where France Goes . . . 2010

  • Lane forsakes his new girlfriend to please his abusive father.

    Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 10: "Get Rid of It" Janet Turley 2010

  • He forsakes his ties to his homeside and personally betrays his ruthless ignorant leader/mentor and conspires with his ragtag group of renegades to somehow stop the bloodshed as the two sides engage in an epic clash.

    Five Reasons Why You Should Go See How To Train Your Dragon THIS WEEKEND | /Film 2010

  • Kane is a tortured soul; he starts the movie as a piratical badass but upon discovering that the Devil is eagerly awaiting his soul, forsakes his life of violence and embeds himself in a hermitage.

    Fantastic Fest – Solomon Kane! « Geek Related 2009

  • Elsewhere, Candice Breitz forsakes her interest in pop culture to study identical twins.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

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