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foretake

verb

Etymology

From fore- + take. Also as a back-formation from foretaken. Compare Danish foretage, Swedish företaga.

  1. derived from *teh₂g-✻ — “to touch, take”
  2. inherited from *tēkaną✻ — “to touch”
  3. derived from taka — “to touch, take”
  4. inherited from tacan — “to grasp, touch”
  5. inherited from taken — “to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”
  6. prefixed as foretake — “fore + take”

Definitions

  1. To take, receive, or adopt beforehand

    To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.

    • You shall bring and lay in our hands tne product of your activity: we will divide it into two parts — the one shall be ours; it shall be sacred; you shall call it tithe; we will foretake it [...]
    • Enraptures a man to foretake his pleasure, And capture a woman to partake her treasure.
    • Upon entering, she showed me to the bedroom. I got undressed and laid on the bed, thinking of the course of action I had to foretake as I lay there.

  2. To take or choose before another (option)

    To take or choose before another (option); prefer.

    • To be healthy and acknowledged I strive to be my very best / I am grateful and thankful For the blessings I do have / I foretake to dream the biggest dream yet [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA