different between foretake vs fortake

English

Etymology

From fore- +? take. Also as a back-formation from foretaken. Compare Danish foretage, Swedish företaga.

Verb

foretake (third-person singular simple present foretakes, present participle foretaking, simple past foretook, past participle foretaken)

1. (transitive) To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
2. (transitive) To take or choose before another (option); prefer.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- +? take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).

Verb

fortake (third-person singular simple present fortakes, present participle fortaking, simple past fortook, past participle fortaken)

1. (transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
   • 1866, Couldrette, Walter William Skeat, The romans of Partenay, or of Lusignen:

     With thys fair lady ther fortake ueryly, [...]
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.

Anagrams

• take for