Withtake
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Withtake is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) To rebuke; reprimand.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic) To rebuke; reprimand.
More Meanings
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To withhold; retain.
- (transitive) To receive; accept or withstand; to bear, tolerate, or endure, usually with little to no ill-effect; (often reflexive) To take along; take with.
Example Sentences
Luckily the general structure withtook the shock and only the ceiling collapsed.
"[…] Luckily the general structure withtook the shock and only the ceiling collapsed."
Not desiring to be discovered, we found a fair road close by a wood, withtook ourselves out of it with all haste, and went towards a village.
[…] and if the people of the said cities and towns will not or are not able to maintain them they shall withtake themselves to other towns and cities within the hundred, or to the town where they were born, and shall there continually abide during their life.
Word Forms
- withtakes
- withtaking
- withtook
- withtaken
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trim, retake, reproach, renay, rebuke, reprive.
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