foretake

present singular third person foretakes · participle present foretaking · past foretook · participle past foretaken

1. transitiveTo take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.

   Enraptures a man to foretake his pleasure, And capture a woman to partake her treasure.

   2006, Robert L. Sanders, An Appeal to Reveal Poetic Ideal

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   You shall bring and lay in our hands tne product of your activity: we will divide it into two parts — the one shall be ours; it shall be sacred; you shall call it tithe; we will foretake it [...]

   1855, John Claudius Pitrat, Paul and Julia

   Upon entering, she showed me to the bedroom. I got undressed and laid on the bed, thinking of the course of action I had to foretake as I lay there.

   2010, Raymond A. Francis, True Experiences: The Sins That Brought Me to My Knees

2. transitiveTo take or choose before another (option); prefer.

   To be healthy and acknowledged I strive to be my very best / I am grateful and thankful For the blessings I do have / I foretake to dream the biggest dream yet [...]

   2011, Jacqueline Prost, Journey Through Experiences