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Forsake vs Forwake - What's the difference?

forsake | forwake |

As verbs the difference between forsake and forwake

is that forsake is to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce while forwake is (obsolete) to exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.

forsake

English

Verb

  • To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce.

    • References

    * * Notes: English irregular verbs English words prefixed with for- ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • to give up, relinquish
  • to denounce (the devil)

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

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    forwake

    English

    Verb

    (forwak)
  • (obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
    • He was forwept, he was forwaked'' ? ''Gower , Conf. Amant.