† aˈrache, v. Obs.
Forms: 4–6 arache, arrache, 6 arasshe.
[combines (as does mod.F. arracher) two OF. vbs. (1) arachier:—L. *abrddīcā-re; (2) érachier, esrachier:—L. exrādīcā-re; f. ab away, ex out + rādīc-em root.]
= arace v.
| c 1315 Shoreham 156 Hye weren..ouȝt of hare loȝ arached For hare senne. 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour M viij b, I tooke and arrached oute of his bely his herte. 1490 ― Eneydos iv. 24 To arache or plucke up a gretter tree. c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 214 She..arasshed clene of his helme. |