fortake
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fortake
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From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).
verb fortakes · fortaking · fortook · fortaken · fortake
- 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, [...]
- To mistake; make a mistake.
- To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
