v. Obs. exc. arch. [f. FOR- pref.1 + TAKE v.] trans. To take away.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. (Surtees), 263.
| | It was my gylt he was fortayn, |
| And nothing his. |
[1892. Stopf. Brooke, E. E. Lit., I. vii. 153.
| | Famine-death fortook fortitude from men; |
| All their battle bulwarks bare foundations were!] |
