unsake en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English onsaken, from Old English onsacan (“to attack, strive against”), from Proto-Germanic *ansakaną, *andsakaną (“to resist, object”), equivalent to un- + sake. Cognate with Old Saxon andsakan, antsakan (“to deny, defend oneself”).
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare, transitive) To forsake.
But he that unsakes (forsakes) me before men, I unsake him before Father mine he that is in heaven.
1807, The Gothic Gospel of Saint Matthew
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unsook | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unsaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unsaken | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unsakes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |