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ontaken

ontaken is the past participle of ontake.

Meaning of ontake

Verb

ontake (third-person singular simple present ontakes, present participle ontaking, simple past ontook, past participle ontaken)

  1. (transitive) To take on; undertake; assume.
    • In 1413 he entered into a bond of manrent at Dundee, with the earl of Crawford, that he, the said Sir Patrick," is becumyn man of special retinue till the said earl, for the term of his life, nane ontaken but amitie and allegiance till our lord the king, [...]1862, William Anderson, The Scottish nation
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To undertake a debt.

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What is ontaken the past participle of?
Ontaken is the past participle of ontake.

Words near ontaken in the dictionary

  1. onsweeping
  2. onsweeps
  3. ONT
  4. Ont.
  5. ontake
  6. ontaken
  7. ontakes
  8. Ontarian
  9. Ontarians
  10. Ontario
  11. Ontario County

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