forsake Copy link Outline 1. dēsĕro, 32. dērĕlinquo, destĭtuo3. dēfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (esp. with ab)4. discēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with ab)5. dēsōlo, 1 (to leave alone or solitary • forsake: 1. dēsĕro, 3: v. to desert. 2. dērĕlinquo, destĭtuo: v. to abandon. 3. dēfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (esp. with ab): to f. the republic, a republica d., Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 28: to f. virtue, a virtute d., Cic. Am. 11, 37. 4. discēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with ab): the soldiers f. him on the march, milites in itinere ab eo d., Caes.: v. to leave. 5. dēsōlo, 1 (to leave alone or solitary: poet.): chiefly in p. part. desolatus, Virg.: Ov.: v. desolate.