OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4348

sake

/ˈseɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
causa • gracia
cause, interest or account
For the sake of argument
gracia • motivo • razón
purpose or end; reason
For old times' sake
beneficio • bien • bienestar • gracia
the benefit or regard of someone or something
2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b. But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]
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 m…
gracia
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 th…
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