unsake

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verb

To forsake.

OriginMiddle English onsaken ← Old English onsacan ← Proto-Germanic *ansakaną →
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Meanings

verbunsake (third-person singular simple present unsakes, present participle unsaking, simple past unsook, past participle unsaken)

present singular third person unsakes · participle present unsaking · past unsook · participle past unsaken

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ansakaną
  2. Old Englishonsacan“to attack, strive against”
  3. Middle Englishonsaken
  4. Englishunsake

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”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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