FORSA'KE, v.t. pret. forsook; pp. forsaken. See Seek .] 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.Forsake the foolish, and live. Prov. 9.2. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments - Ps. 89.Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Ps. 37.3. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. In anger, the color forsakes the cheeks. In severe trials, let not fortitude forsake you.4. In scripture, God forsakes his people, when he withdraws his aid, or the light of his countenance.
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