Withtake

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To rebuke; reprimand. archaic, transitive
  2. 2
    To withhold; retain. UK, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    To receive; accept or withstand; to bear, tolerate, or endure, usually with little to no ill-effect; (often reflexive) To take along; take with. transitive

    "[…] and if the people of the said cities and towns will not or are not able to maintain them they shall withtake themselves to other towns and cities within the hundred, or to the town where they were born, and shall there continually abide during their life."

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accept

Example

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"[…] and if the people of the said cities and towns will not or are not able to maintain them they shall withtake themselves to other towns and cities within the hundred, or to the town where they were born, and shall there continually abide during their life."

Etymology

From Middle English withtaken, partial calque of earlier Middle English withnimen; equivalent to with- + take.

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