forshake

English

Etymology

From Middle English forschaken, equivalent to for- +‎ shake.

Verb

forshake (third-person singular simple present forshakes, present participle forshaking, simple past forshook, past participle forshaken)

  1. Misspelling of forsake.
  2. (transitive) To shake off; rid or free oneself from.
    • 2004, Mithilesh K. Pandey, Writing the Female: Akademi Awarded Novels in English:
      It is only at Carignano that she can forshake the prescribed role of wife/mother, a domesticated, servile woman.
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