"fortake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fortakes [present, singular, third-person], fortaking [participle, present], fortook [past], fortaken [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], fortake [infinitive]
Etymology: From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fortaken}} Middle English fortaken, {{prefix|en|for|take}} for- + take, {{cog|no|fortaka||to assail, assault}} Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), {{cog|sv|förta||to deprive, take away, deaden}} Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”) Head templates: {{en-verb|fortakes|fortaking|fortook|fortaken}} fortake (third-person singular simple present fortakes, present participle fortaking, simple past fortook, past participle fortaken) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|past=fortook|past_ptc=fortaken|stem=fortak}}
  1. (transitive) To take away; remove; deprive. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fortake-en-verb-vhgNlxuZ
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-fortake-en-verb-pa-JNalO Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 59 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 31 47 22
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-fortake-en-verb-W6xjFbky Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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