v. Obs. For forms see TEE v. [OE. ateón, f. A- pref. 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 atuʓe 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 hiʓ sceoldon þæs Hælendes wurð ateon.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 205. His holi lichame was … for ure gulten reuliche atoȝen.
c. 1205. Lay., 12096. Þat weoren æi wimman Swa wræcchelichen atoȝene [1250 a-towen].
