sake

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a reason for wanting something done

   for your sake

2. 2
   noun

   the purpose of achieving or obtaining

   for the sake of argument

3. 3
   noun

   Cause, interest or account.

   For the sake of argument

4. 4
   noun

   Purpose or end; reason.

   For old times' sake

5. 5
   noun

   The benefit or regard of someone or something.

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

6. 6
   noun

   Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice

8. 8
   noun

   Alternative spelling of saké.

Etymology

From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More…