Forshake

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Misspelling of forsake. alt-of, misspelling
  2. 2
    To shake off; rid or free oneself from. transitive

    "It is only at Carignano that she can forshake the prescribed role of wife/mother, a domesticated, servile woman."

Synonyms

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shake offshake off

Example

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"It is only at Carignano that she can forshake the prescribed role of wife/mother, a domesticated, servile woman."

Etymology

From Middle English forschaken, equivalent to for- + shake.

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shake off

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