withsake

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English withsaken, from Old English wiþsacan (“to forsake, abandon, renounce, refuse, deny, oppose, drive against”); equivalent to with- +‎ sake. Compare Middle High German widersachen. === Verb === withsake (third-person singular simple present withsakes, present participle withsaking, simple past withsook, past participle withsaken) (transitive, obsolete) To forsake; abandon; renounce; deny; refuse. 1852, Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great: Well! the king then openly declared to the priest and to them all, that he would firmly "withsake" and renounce idolatry, and receive the faith of Christ. === Anagrams === tea whisk, tea-whisk, teawhisk