Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-sake
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To forsake.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

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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”).

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What does unsake mean?
To forsake.
Where does unsake come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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