withsake

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withsake

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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.

verb withsakes · withsaking · withsook · withsaken

obsolete, transitive To forsake; abandon; renounce; deny; refuse. 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.

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@misc{withsake_2026,
  title = {withsake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/withsake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}