Forsake vs Bereave - What's the difference?
forsake | bereave |
To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce.
English irregular verbs
English words prefixed with for-
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
to give up, relinquish
to denounce (the devil)
To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip.
To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
To deprive of power; prevent.
To take away someone or something important or close; deprive.
(rare) To destroy life; cut off.
As verbs the difference between forsake and bereave
is that forsake is to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce while bereave is to deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip.forsake
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*bereave
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- Death bereaved him of his wife.
- The castaways were bereft of hope.