Fortake

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    To mistake; make a mistake. UK, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    To aim or deal a blow at; hit. UK, dialectal, transitive

Synonyms

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take away

Example

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"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”).

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