forsaken, forsake

or a. [FORSAKE.] Deserted, abandoned, left, forlorn. Crabb thus discriminates between forsaken , forlorn , and destitute : "To be forsaken is to be deprived of the company and a istance of others; to be forlorn is to be forsaken in time of difficulty, to be without a guide in an unknown road; to be destitute is to be deprived of the first nece aries of life. To be forsaken is a partial situation; to be forlorn and destitute is a permanent condition. We may be forsaken by a fellow traveler on the road; we are forlorn when we get into a deserted path, with no one to guide us; we are destitute when we have no means of subsistence, nor the prospect of obtaining the means." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) for-sāk-er, s . [Eng. forsak (e); -er.] One who forsakes, abandons, deserts, or renounces. *for-sāy', v . t. [Pref. for- , and Eng. say (q. v.).] 1. To renounce, to forsake. 2. To deny, to forbid. *for-see, *for-seo, v. t. [A. S. forseon; O. Sax. forsehan.] 1. To despise; to look down upon; to neglect. 2. To know thoroughly. *for-set, *for-sette, v . t . [A. S. for sett an.] To obstruct, to hinder, to impede, to prevent. *for-shake', *forschake, v . t . [Pref. for- , and Eng. shake (q. v.).] To shake strongly. *for-shame', v . t . [A. S. forsceamian .] To confound, to confuse, to shame. *for-shape, *forschape, v . t. [A. S. forscapan ; O. H. Ger. forscafan .] To put out of shape; to transform, to make mi hapen. *for-shronke, *for-shronk-en, a. [Pref. for , and Mid. Eng. shronke=shrunk.] Utterly shrunk up; withered. *for-sink, v. i. [Pref. for- , and Eng. sink, v. (q.10.18 To disappear. *for-sit', v . t . [A. S. for sit tan .] To neglect. *for-släck', v . t . [FORESLACK.] *for-sleep, v . i . [Pref. for- , and Eng. sleep (q. v.); O. H. Ger. farslafán; M. H. Ger. verslafen.] To sleep heavily or soundly. *for-sleuthe, *for-slouthe, v . t . [Pref. for- , and Mid. Eng. sleuth =sloth.] To lose through sloth. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; *for-speak' (1), v. i . [Eng. for , and speak .] To speak for or on behalf of another; to act as advo cate for another. for-speak' (2), *for-speake, *for-spekyn, v . t. [A. S. forsprecan ; O. H. Ger. fars pre chan =to forbid; Ger. vers pre chen .] 1. To forbid, to speak against, to prohibit. *2. To bewitch; to injure by the use of an evil tongue; to charm.