Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To take away; remove; deprive.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To mistake; make a mistake.

  3. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To aim or deal a blow at; hit.

Origin

From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian

From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).

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Forms

fortakes, fortaking, fortook, fortaken
Base formfortake · to fortake
3rd person singularfortakes
Present participlefortaking
Past simplefortook
Past participlefortaken

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfortake
he, she, itfortakes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfortook

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fortaken
he, she, ithas fortaken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fortake

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fornicationforsakefortforteforthB1
fortake — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto