v. Obs. [f. WITH- + TAKE v. Cf. ON. viðtaka resistance.]

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  1.  trans. To ‘take up,’ reprove, rebuke.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter, xlix. 9. Noght in þi sacrifice i sall wiþtake þe [Vulg. arguam te]. Ibid. (c. 1340), Prose Treat., 8. Þay ere in trauayle … with takand ydill mene.

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c. 1400.  Titus & Vesp. (Roxb.), 1403. For he withtoke hem in her lawe Þei wratthede hem sore with his sawe.

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  2.  ? To rescue.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 11036. Phylmen þe freke, þat fuersly withtakon,… Lut to þe lady.

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  3.  To keep back, retain, or withhold unlawfully.

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14[?].  Siege Jerus. (E.E.T.S.), 48. His tribute … þat þey withtake wolde.

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a. 1450.  Myrc, Par. Pr. (1902), 1185. Hast þow werkemen oght wyth-tan Of any þynge þat þey schulde han?

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  Hence † Withtaker, a rebuker, reprover.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter, ix. 24. Þat thynge has man delite to doe in þe whilk þai hafe sum louere & nan with takere.

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