unsake

English

Etymology

From Middle English onsaken, from Old English onsacan (“to attack, strive against”), from Proto-Germanic *ansakaną, *andsakaną (“to resist, object”), equivalent to un- +‎ sake. Cognate with Old Saxon andsakan, antsakan (“to deny, defend oneself”).

Verb

unsake (third-person singular simple present unsakes, present participle unsaking, simple past unsook, past participle unsaken)

1. (transitive, rare, obsolete) To forsake.
   • 1807, The Gothic Gospel of Saint Matthew:

     But he that unsakes (forsakes) me before men, I unsake him before Father mine he that is in heaven.