atsake

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verb

To deny.

OriginMiddle English atsaken ← Old English ætsacan →
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Meanings

verbatsake (third-person singular simple present atsakes, present participle atsaking, simple past atsook, past participle atsaken)

present singular third person atsakes · participle present atsaking · past atsook · participle past atsaken

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo deny.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo deny; abjure; renounce.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
renounce

Origin

  1. Old Englishætsacan“to deny, disown, abjure, renounce”
  2. Middle Englishatsaken
  3. Englishatsake

From Middle English atsaken, ætsaken, from Old English ætsacan (“to deny, disown, abjure, renounce”), equivalent to at- + sake.

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APA

atsake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atsake

MLA

“atsake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atsake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atsake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atsake.

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