Sāke, n.

n. [A-S. sacu, säc, strife, a cause or suit at law, D. zaak, cause, thing, affair, L. Ger. sake, N. H. Ger. sache, thing, cause in law, O. H. Ger. sahha, sechia, secha, Icel. sök, Sw. sak, Dan. sag, from A-S. sacan, Goth. sakan, Icel. saka, O. H. Ger. sahhan, M. H. Ger. sachen, to contend, strive, defend one's right, accuse, charge in a lawsuit, allied to seek, q. v.] Final cause; end; purpose; reason; 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.

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.