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▪ I. † aˈrace, v. Obs. Forms: 4–6 arace, 5 aras(e, 6 Sc. arraise. [a. AF. arace-r, OF. aracier, Norman dial. f. arachier: see arache. Arace was much the commoner in ME.] To pull up by the roots; to tear up or away, pull or snatch away; to tear.
c1315Shoreham 95 That he hyt wolde arace. c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 1047 Whan sche gan hem tembrace..The children from her arm they gonne arace [v.r. race, rase]. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle iii. iv. (1483) 52 These hokes to renten and a racid two caitifs. c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. xxxv. 127 And wyth gret strynth owt can aras Ðe Trownsown, þat þare stekand was. a1440Morte Arth. 4099 Ȝif any renke theme arase, reschowe theme sone. 1530Palsgr. 435/2, I arace, I pull a thyng by violence from one, Je arrache. ▪ II. arace var. arase v. Obs. to raze, erase. |