English Explanatory Dictionary

withsake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To forsake; abandon; renounce; deny; refuse.

Word forms

withsake withsakes withsaking withsook withsaken

Etymology

From Middle English withsaken, from Old English wiþsacan (“to forsake, abandon, renounce, refuse, deny, oppose, drive against”); equivalent to with- + sake. Compare Middle High German widersachen.

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