† aˈtee, v. Obs.
For forms see tee v.
[OE. ateón, f. a- prefix 1 + teón to draw = OS. atiohan, OHG. arziohan, Ger. erziehen, Goth. ustiuhan.]
1. trans. and intr. To drag or draw away, to withdraw.
| Beowulf 1537 Siðþæt se hearm-scaða tó Heorute atéah. c 885 K. ælfred Bæda (Sweet Reader 49) Ðæt hé menn atuᵹe from sinna lufan. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Þanne we ateð, þat þe iuele fondeð us. |
2. trans. To handle, treat; to maltreat.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvii. 7 Hu hiᵹ sceoldon þæs Hæ⁓lendes wurð ateon. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 205 His holi lichame was..for ure gulten reuliche atoȝen. 1205 Lay. 12096 Þat weoren æi wimman Swa wræcchelichen atoȝene [1250 a-towen]. |