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English
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”).
Verb
unsake (third-person singular simple present unsakes, present participle unsaking, simple past unsook, past participle unsaken)
- (transitive, rare, obsolete) To forsake.
- 1807, The Gothic Gospel of Saint Matthew:
- But he that unsakes (forsakes) me before men, I unsake him before Father mine he that is in heaven.