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fortake

verb

Etymology

From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).

  1. inherited from fortaken

Definitions

  1. To take away

    To take away; remove; deprive.

    • Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, [...]
    • In a slaughter wide they fell, woeful days of Bale came on; Famine-death fortook fortitude from men!

  2. To mistake

    To mistake; make a mistake.

  3. To aim or deal a blow at

    To aim or deal a blow at; hit.

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