† foretakev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To take beforehand:
a. to anticipate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > anticipate, forecast [verb (transitive)]
to cast dangerc1449
forecasta1513
preventa1533
foredeem1542
premeditate1566
foretake1588
fore-run1591
foreprise1597
to lay one's account with (also on, for)1606
foreguess1640
prospect1652
precalculate1840
pre-empt1928
second-guess1941
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. xvi. f. 113 Mans wit..now and then preventeth and foretaketh the conclusion.
b. to assume beforehand, presuppose.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > assume, presuppose [verb (transitive)]
supposec1350
presumec1390
take1429
presupposec1443
takec1449
presupponec1475
supponea1513
subsume1562
foreprise1577
to take for granted1615
to give for granted1637
assume1660
foretake1674
premisea1706
predicate1718
dare say1749
pre-assume1789
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 144 The places and bodies mov'd in them, are fore-taken to be altogether without parts.
Derivatives
foreˈtaken adj. previously taken or adopted.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [adjective]
presumptivec1443
presumed1545
presupposed1569
foretakena1586
supposed1587
postulated1646
receptary1646
postulate1664
posited1666
assumed1821
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Ll5 Yet remayned there such footesteppes of the foretaken opinion.
1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie v. 8 Present cold, and foretaken or former heat.
a1627 J. Hayward Ann. Four Years Elizabeth (1840) 9 Desiring them..that they would lay aside all foretaken conceits.
foreˈtaking n. the action of the verb; also, previous capture.
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the mind > possession > taking > [noun] > taking before
foretaking1570
the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] > previous
foretaking1570
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1367/2 I..declared what was happened..of maister Garrets escape. He was glad, for he knewe of his foretaking.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 15 There were foure seuerall kindes of legacies..by challenge, by condemnation, by suffering, by foretaking [L. per praeceptionem].
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