Unsake
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To forsake. obsolete, rare, transitive
"But he that unsakes (forsakes) me before men, I unsake him before Father mine he that is in heaven."
Example
More examples"But he that unsakes (forsakes) me before men, I unsake him before Father mine he that is in heaven."
Etymology
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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