Sake

/ˈseɪk/ · noun

Meaning

Cause, interest or account..

Definitions by Sense

1. Cause, interest or account.
2. Purpose or end; reason.
3. The benefit or regard of someone or something.
4. (obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
5. Alternative spelling of saké.

Example Sentences

For the sake of argument

For old times' sake

2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b. But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]

Ne ãd except thoſe dayes ſhulde be ſhoꝛtened / ſhulde no fleſſe be faved: Butt foꝛ the choſens ſake thoſe dayes ſhalbe ſhoꝛtened.

When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.

And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

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