"unsake" meaning in English

See unsake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unsakes [present, singular, third-person], unsaking [participle, present], unsook [past], unsaken [participle, past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|onsaken}} Middle English onsaken, {{inh|en|ang|onsacan||to attack, strive against}} Old English onsacan (“to attack, strive against”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ansakaną}} Proto-Germanic *ansakaną, {{prefix|en|un|sake}} un- + sake, {{cog|osx|andsakan}} Old Saxon andsakan Head templates: {{en-verb|unsakes|unsaking|unsook|unsaken}} unsake (third-person singular simple present unsakes, present participle unsaking, simple past unsook, past participle unsaken)
  1. (transitive, rare, obsolete) To forsake. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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