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† foreˈtake, v. Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + take v.]
trans. To take beforehand: a. to anticipate; b. to assume beforehand, presuppose.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. ii. xvi. 113 Mans wit..now and then preventeth and foretaketh the conclusion. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 144 The places and bodies mov'd in them, are fore-taken to be altogether without parts.
Hence foreˈtaken ppl. a., previously taken or adopted; foreˈtaking vbl. n., the action of the vb.; also, previous capture.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1090/2, I..declared what was happened.. of maister Garrets escape. He was glad, for he knewe of his foretaking. 1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 407 Yet remained there such footsteps of the foretaken opinion. 1590Swinburne Testaments 15 There were foure seuerall kindes of legacies..by challenge, by condemnation, by suffering, by foretaking [per præceptionem]. 1618Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633) 8 Present cold, and foretaken or former heat. a1627Hayward Four Y. Eliz. (Camden) 9 Desiring them..that they would lay aside all foretaken conceits. |