fortake
English
Etymology
From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).
Verb
fortake (third-person singular simple present fortakes, present participle fortaking, simple past fortook, past participle fortaken)
- (transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
- 1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
- 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, [...]
- 1898, Stopford Augustus Brooke, English literature: from the beginning to the Norman conquest:
- In a slaughter wide they fell, woeful days of Bale came on; Famine-death fortook fortitude from men!
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fortake
| infinitive | (to) fortake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | fortake | fortook | |
| 2nd-person singular | fortake, fortakest† | fortook, fortookst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | fortakes, fortaketh† | fortook | |
| plural | fortake | ||
| subjunctive | fortake | fortook | |
| imperative | fortake | — | |
| participles | fortaking | fortaken | |
†Archaic or obsolete.
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