† aˈtake, v. Obs.
3–5. pa. tense atok. pa. pple. atake(n.
[f. a- prefix 1 + take.]
To overtake; get at, catch.
| c 1300 Beket 1963 This messager ne miȝte noȝt atake hem mid no ginne. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 468 Al that Fortiger atok He let to-drawe. 1382 Wyclif Lev. xxvi. 5 The thresshynge of repyn tilthes shal atake the vyndage. c 1386 Chaucer Friar's T. 84 Sire, quod this Sompnour, haile, and wel atake! c 1440 Partonope 6390 And then he sayd, Syr, wele atake! |