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Webster 1913 Edition

Sake

Sake

(sāk)
,
Noun.
[OE.
sake
cause, also, lawsuit, fault, AS.
sacu
strife, a cause or suit at law; akin to D.
zaak
cause, thing, affair, G.
sache
thing, cause in law, OHG.
sahha
, Icel.
sök
, Sw.
sak
, Dan.
sag
, Goth.
sakjō
strife, AS.
sacan
to contend, strive, Goth.
sakam
, Icel.
saka
to contend, strive, blame, OHG.
sahhan
, MHG.
sachen
, to contend, strive, defend one’s right, accuse, charge in a lawsuit, and also to E.
seek
. Cf.
Seek
.]
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; – used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like;
as, to commit crime for the
sake
of gain; to go abroad for the
sake
of one's health
.
Moved with wrath and shame and ladies'
sake
.
Spenser.
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's
sake
.
Gen. viii. 21.
Will he draw out,
For anger's
sake
, finite to infinite?
Milton.
Knowledge is for the
sake
of man, and not man for the
sake
of knowledge.
Sir W. Hamilton.
☞ The -s of the possessive case preceding sake is sometimes omitted for euphony; as, for goodness sake. “For conscience sake.”
1 Cor. x. 28.
The plural sakes is often used with a possessive plural. “For both our sakes.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sake

SAKE

,
Noun.
[Heb. to press or oppress. The primary sense is to strain, urge, press or drive forward, and this is from the same root as seek, essay and L. sequor, whence we have pursue and prosecute. We have analogous words in cause, thing, and the L. res.]
1.
Final cause; end; purpose; or rather the purpose of obtaining. I open a window for the sake of air, that is, to obtain it, for the purpose of obtaining air. I read for the sake of instruction, that is, to obtain it. Sake then signifies primarily effort to obtain, and secondarily purpose of obtaining. The hero fights for the sake of glory; men labor for the sake of subsistence or wealth.
2.
Account; regard to any person or thing.
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake. Gen. 8.
Save me for thy mercies' sake. Ps. 6.

Definition 2025

sakė

sakė

See also: sake, Sake, saké, and sa kê

Lithuanian

Verb

sakė

  1. third-person singular past tense of sakyti.
  2. third-person plural past tense of sakyti.

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