forshake

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Definition of forshake in English English dictionary

to shake off, rid or free oneself from

It is only at Carignano that she can forshake the prescribed role of wife/mother, a domesticated, servile woman. —Mithilesh K. Pandey.

Etymology

() From Middle English forschaken (“to drive away”), from for- + schaken (“to shake”). More at for-, shake.