Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deserted; left; abandoned; forlorn.
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- verb Past participle of
forsake
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Examples
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He has cast us off; he has forsaken us, he faltered; forsaken us; he was dull with us.
Chapter XXI 1917
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In the Greek text, the word forsaken literally means that Jesus felt abandoned by his Father, yet he called out to him in his pain.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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In the Greek text, the word forsaken literally means that Jesus felt abandoned by his Father, yet he called out to him in his pain.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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In the Greek text, the word forsaken literally means that Jesus felt abandoned by his Father, yet he called out to him in his pain.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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“I have forsaken my ability to talk about this issue,” he said, and I find it hilarious that he actually used the word forsaken.
Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009
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“I have forsaken my ability to talk about this issue,” he said, and I find it hilarious that he actually used the word forsaken.
Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009
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“I have forsaken my ability to talk about this issue,” he said, and I find it hilarious that he actually used the word forsaken.
Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009
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“I have forsaken my ability to talk about this issue,” he said, and I find it hilarious that he actually used the word forsaken.
Mysterious Days Chuck Klosterman 2007
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Some were enchanted, and others haunted; in that the furniture was yellow, which she termed a forsaken colour; and in this it was red, the reflection of which would, she said, disorder the optic system.
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The literacy we have forsaken is not only of the elemental kind.
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