Fortake
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To take away; remove; deprive. transitive
"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, [...]"
- 2 To mistake; make a mistake. UK, dialectal, transitive
- 3 To aim or deal a blow at; hit. UK, dialectal, transitive
Synonyms
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More examples"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, [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).