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Sake

//ˈseɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Cause, interest or account.

    "For the sake of argument"

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of saké. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    a reason for wanting something done wordnet
  4. 4
    Purpose or end; reason.

    "For old times' sake"

  5. 5
    the purpose of achieving or obtaining wordnet
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  1. 6
    The benefit or regard of someone or something.

    "Ne ãd except thoſe dayes ſhulde be ſhoꝛtened / ſhulde no fleſſe be faved: Butt foꝛ the choſens ſake thoſe dayes ſhalbe ſhoꝛtened."

  2. 7
    Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot wordnet
  3. 8
    Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

    "And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life."

Etymology

From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.

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