All 4 Uses of
forsake
in
Medea by Euripides
- Jason doth forsake My mistress and his own two sons, to make EURIPIDES His couch in a king's chamber.†
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- If friends will speak, she hears no more Than some dead rock or wave that beats the shore : Only the white throat in a sudden shame May writhe, and all alone she moans the name Of father, and land, and home, forsook that day For this man's sake, who casteth her away.†
- By seducing and forsaking thee ?†
- For a heart unslaken, For a troth forsaken, Lo, babes that call thee from a bloody deep : And thy love returns not.†
Definition:
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(forsake) to abandon or give up on -- such as someone who needs you, or an idea, or a place