Etymology

withsake

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Today it means: To forsake; abandon; renounce; deny; refuse. Full definition →

Middle English withsaken ← Old English wiþsacan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromwiþsacan“to forsake, abandon, renounce, refuse, deny, oppose, drive against”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwithsaken
  3. English todaywithsake

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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