forshake

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forschaken, equivalent to for- +‎ shake. Likely influenced by or mistaken as an error for forsake. === Verb === forshake (third-person singular simple present forshakes, present participle forshaking, simple past forshook, past participle forshaken) (ambitransitive, rare) To shake off; rid or free oneself from. 2006, Abdalla Keri Wani, Islam in Southern Sudan: Its Impact, Past, Present and Future (page 133) […] to forshake his Christian faith and to go to other people's religion. Mabior Riny Riak said he felt sorry to [sic] his relatives for not knowing that Islam is a universal religion and that it is not confined to a particular race or people […] ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes apparently an error for forsake. ==== References ==== 2022, Susie Dent, Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary