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sake |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sake \Sake\ (s[=a]k), n. [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. s["o]k, Sw sak, Dan. sag, Goth. sakj[=o] 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. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sake n 1: a reason for wanting something done "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" [syn: {interest}] 2: Japanese beverage from fermented rice usually served hot [syn: {saki}] 3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"
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