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withsook

withsook is the simple past of withsake.

Meaning of withsake

Verb

withsake (third-person singular simple present withsakes, present participle withsaking, simple past withsook, past participle withsaken)

  1. (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.1852, Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great

Questions about withsook

What is withsook the simple past of?
Withsook is the simple past of withsake.

Words near withsook in the dictionary

  1. withsetting
  2. withsit
  3. withsits
  4. withsitten
  5. withsitting
  6. withsook
  7. withspeak
  8. withspeaking
  9. withspeaks
  10. withspoke
  11. withspoken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: withsook (page history and authors); withsake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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