† withtakev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To ‘take up’, reprove, rebuke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
withnima1315
undernima1325
rebukec1330
snuba1340
withtakea1340
reprovec1350
chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xlix. 9 Noght in þi sacrifice i sall wiþtake þe [L. arguam te].
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 8 Þay ere in trauayle..with takand ydill mene.
c1400 Titus & Vesp. (Roxb.) 1403 For he withtoke hem in her lawe Þei wratthede hem sore with his sawe.
2. ? To rescue.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)]
areddec885
leeseOE
reddOE
winc1220
deliver?c1225
ridc1225
quita1250
betellc1275
casta1300
to cast outa1300
liverc1330
rescuec1330
wrechec1330
borrowc1350
to put out of ——c1350
to bring awaya1400
redea1400
wreakc1400
rescourec1425
rescousa1450
savec1480
relue1483
salue1484
redeem1488
recovera1500
redressa1500
eschewc1500
rescours1511
to pull (also snatch) out of the fire1526
recourse1533
withtakec1540
redeem1549
vindicate1568
retire1578
repair1591
reprieve1605
to bring off1609
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11036 Phylmen þe freke, þat fuersly withtakon,..Lut to þe lady.
3. To keep back, retain, or withhold unlawfully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep what is due to or desired by another > wrongfully or fraudulently
fraud1382
withtake14..
14.. Siege Jerusalem (1932) 48 His tribute..þat þey with~take wolde.
a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests (1902) 1185 Hast þow werkemen oght wyth-tan Of any þynge þat þey schulde han?
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > rebuker or reprover
withtakera1340
reprovera1382
undernimmera1382
undertakerc1430
rebukerc1449
checker1535
reprehender1537
reprimander1729
expostulator1795
snubber1861
trouncer1898
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter ix. 24 Þat thynge has man delite to doe in þe whilk þai hafe sum louere & nan with takere.
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