unsake

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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)

  1. (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.