▪ I. † out-ˈtake, v. Obs.
Forms: see out adv. and take v.; also contr. 4–6 outake, (5 owtake, otake), pa. pple. outaken, outane, etc.
[f. out- 15 + take v.; orig. rendering L. ēripere, excipere.]
1. trans. To take out (lit.); to extract, draw forth; to deliver, set free.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter vi. 5 Torn, Laverd, and my saule out-take [L. eripe]. Ibid. cxxiii. 7 Our saule als sparw es of land Outane [L. erepta] fra snare of huntand. c 1450 Merlin vi. 100 Neuer noon..ne shall it not oute take. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 47 Excepte..it schortlie had beine outtakne, incontinent the coue it had fillit full. |
2. To take out from the reckoning; to exclude from a class or category; to specify as left out; to except.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 764 (Cott.) Of al þe tres [we ette] bot of an, þe midward tre is vs outtan [v.rr. out tane; vte tane; out taken]. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 516 Seynte Poul þat putteþ alle men in subjeccioun to kyngis, outtakeþ nevere on. c 1450 tr. De Imitatione iii. xlii. 113, I outake no þinge, but in all þinges I wol finde þe made bare. 1464 Rolls of Parlt. V. 534/2 That they be except, forprised, and outtaken of this Acte. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 147, I out tak nane greit nor small. |
Hence out-ˈtaking, † ou(t)ˈtakand pres. pple., quasi-prep. = excepting A. 1, 2.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xi. (Symon & Judas) 119 Þai suld al de owtakand nane. Ibid. xxxiii. (George) 57 Man ore best, outakand nane. 1839 Bailey Festus xix. (1848) 211 Out-taking those who have eyes trained to see. |
▪ II. † out-ˈtake, pple., prep. (conjunctive adv.) Obs.
Forms: see prec.
[Originally a southern form of out-taken pa. pple., q.v., passing, like it, imperceptibly from a pple. to a prep. and a conj. adv.
But as out-take was not a northern form of the pa. pple. (which was there out-taken and out-tan(e), its participial nature would not be apparent to northern writers, and these probably took it for the imperative of the vb.: see b below.]
a. as pple.: Excepted, being excepted.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 337 Out take men [Caxton reserued men; Higd. exceptis hominibus] alle bestes beeþ smallere þere. Ibid. V. 369 All Italy outake Rome [MS. Harl. Rome excepte; Higd. excepta Roma]. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. st. 619 Þe organys of þe lemys ouȝt take. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 723 Al maner puls is good, the ficche outake. c 1422 Hoccleve Jereslaus's Wife 628 Neuere so shal ther man do to me..outake oonly he. |
b. app. as imperative: Except.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 332 In alle Breteyn was nouht..A fest so noble wrouht..Out tak Carleon. 1513 Douglas æneis v. xii. 61 Wes all the navy, out tak four schippis lost [L. quatuor amissis]. |
c. Where the participial or imperative notion is merged in a preposition: Except; with the exception of; save, but; = except prep. 1.
(For the α instances, in which the elements are written separate, the prepositional analysis is doubtful.)
| α c 1375 Cursor M. 652 (Fairf.) Of trees and frute..al sal be þyne oute take [other MSS. bot, but] ane. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. ii. (Tollem. MS.), Þat hauen all þe body of a man out take þe heed [L. præter caput]. c 1440 Gesta Rom. xxxvi. 141 (Add. MS.) The Stewarde..put of alle his clothes, oute take his sherte. |
| β ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 948 For al was golde, men myght it see, Outake the fetheres and the tree. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 139 Hely haþ vnder hym Cantebriggeschire outake Merslond [Harl. tr. Merlonde excepte; Higd. præter Merlond]. 1444 Rolls of Parlt. V. 111/2 He vilanisly toke of all..her clothis of her body, otake her smokke. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xxiii. 59/1 Euery planete is more than all the erthe outake the mone & mercury. 1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots Mark xi. 14 He fand nathing outtak leeues [Wyclif2 out takun leeues; Vulg. præter folia]. 1612 T. James Corrupt. Scripture iii. 11 No citie..out-take Euey, that dwelled in mount Gabaon. |
d. As conj. adv., preceding that (= except conj. 1) or a preposition.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 423 Out take þat [Higd. nisi quod] he is þe worse þeef þat steleþ most. Ibid. IV. 39 In every place out take in þe Psawter [Higd. præter quam in psalterio]. 1433 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 452/1 Outake alweys, yat al clothes, called Streites..have licence of sale and deliveraunce [etc.]. |
▪ III. out-take, n.
(ˈaʊtteɪk)
[f. out- 7 + take n.]
A length of film or tape rejected in editing.
| 1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV 92 Out takes, takes rejected in the cutting room. 1970 Guardian 27 Jan. 1/3 Unused film, what in the industry are called ‘the out-takes’. 1972 I. Hamilton Thrill Machine xxxii. 147, I got the original neg. all the out-takes, and seven prints..and the film was out of circulation. 1974 T. Chastain Pandora's Box (1975) xv. 149 We're going to show you..all the film we shot yesterday..including the out-takes—that is, the stuff we won't be using on the air after we've finished editing. 1977 Zigzag Mar. 29/3 Both the album's opener, Gene's ‘Home Run King’, and the traditional ‘In The Pines’ could have easily been outtakes from either D & C album. 1977 Time 24 Oct. 54/3 Looking for Mr. Goodbar has narrative lapses, jerky editing and confusing fantasy sequences that look like Ken Russell outtakes. |