Withsake
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To forsake; abandon; renounce; deny; refuse. obsolete, transitive
"Well! the king then openly declared to the priest and to them all, that he would firmly "withsake" and renounce idolatry, and receive the faith of Christ."
Synonyms
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More examples"Well! the king then openly declared to the priest and to them all, that he would firmly "withsake" and renounce idolatry, and receive the faith of Christ."
Etymology
From Middle English withsaken, from Old English wiþsacan (“to forsake, abandon, renounce, refuse, deny, oppose, drive against”); equivalent to with- + sake. Compare Middle High German widersachen.
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