forsake

verb [T]

/fərˈseɪk, fɔr-/ (past tense forsook /fərˈsʊk, fɔr-/, past participle forsaken /fərˈseɪ·kən, fɔr-/) fml

Definition

› to leave forever or to give up completely: I thought she might forsake ballet in favor of Irish dancing.

(Definition of forsake verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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