† fortakev.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
transitive. To take away.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)]
atbraidOE
benimOE
fornimOE
to reach upOE
reaveOE
bilacchea1325
to take away1372
stealc1374
privea1387
beneme1387
reach?a1400
deprivec1400
subduce1434
embezzle1469
pluckc1475
fortakea1500
raima1500
devest1538
rig1573
imbolish1592
exact1660
drain1673
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 348 It was my gylt he was fortayn, And nothyng his.
1892 S. A. Brooke Hist. Early Eng. Lit. I. vii. 153 Famine-death fortook fortitude from men.]
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