Forsaking
[fə'seikɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forsake
Typist: Morton
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young woman to dream of forsaking her home or friend, denotes that she will have troubles in love, as her estimate of her lover will decrease with acquaintance and association.
Checker: Max
Examples
- Before quite leaving her he threw upon her face a wistful glance, as if he had misgivings on the generosity of forsaking her thus. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It will be remembered that at a somewhat similar crisis in life young Robert Burns entertained seriously the idea of forsaking Scotland for the West Indies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He bared his wrist, and offered it to me: the blood was forsaking his cheek and lips, they were growing livid; I was distressed on all hands. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Edited by Cheryl