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withtook

withtook is the simple past of withtake.

Meaning of withtake

Verb

withtake (third-person singular simple present withtakes, present participle withtaking, simple past withtook, past participle withtaken)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To rebuke; reprimand.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To withhold; retain.
  3. (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.
    • […] 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.1909, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by command

Questions about withtook

What is withtook the simple past of?
Withtook is the simple past of withtake.

Words near withtook in the dictionary

  1. withthrew
  2. withthrow
  3. withthrowing
  4. withthrown
  5. withthrows
  6. withtook
  7. withtract
  8. withtracted
  9. withtracting
  10. withtracts
  11. withturn

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