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Definition of Forsakes
1. forsake [v] - See also: forsake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsakes
Literary usage of Forsakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"I. OCTAVIAN SUCCEEDS ALBERIC IN THE GOVERNMENT —HE BECOMES POPE AS JOHN 'XII., 955 —
H1s EXCESSES—HE forsakes HIS FATHER'S POLICY—THE LOMBARDS AND JOHN XII. ..."
2. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"Implacable hostility. — Mr. Johnson's position. — Defines his policy. — forsakes
his party. — Executive assumption. — Meeting of Congress. ..."
3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... quarrels with Mary—Conceives Hatred against Rizzio, who is Murdered—The King
forsakes and disowns the Conspirators, who fly to England—Murray returns ..."
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