v. Obs. Forms: see DRAW v. [Early ME. to-drawen, f. TO-2 + DRAW v.; = OHG. zi-tragan, MHG. zertragen.]

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  1.  trans. To pull apart, draw or drag asunder; to tear to pieces; to destroy by tearing apart.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 2603. Heo … his leomen to-drowen & his hors al swa.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 122. Ne to drauhð me þe eorðe?

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 191. Leunes and beres him wile to-draȝen.

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a. 1300.  K. Horn, 181. Hi sloȝen and todroȝe Cristenemen inoȝe.

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13[?].  K. Alis., 4613 (Bodl. MS.). Lete non houndes me to-drawe.

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c. 1350.  Will. Palerne, 2086. He schal be honged heie & wiþ horse to-drawe.

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c. 1425.  Seven Sag. (P.), 877. How the naddir was y-slawe, That the grewhond hadde to-drawe.

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  b.  fig.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 53. Heo … heom to-twiccheð and to-draȝeð mid ufele weordes.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 8729. Þo men miȝte … lybbe in Ioye & in riȝte, þat er were al to drawe.

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1340.  Ayenb., 57. Þise ten boȝes … ydelnesse, yelpinge, blondinge, todraȝinge, lyesynges, vorzueriinges, stryfinge, grochinge, wyþstondinge, blasfemye.

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  2.  In various other senses of DRAW v. (lit. and fig.); to draw or drag away, about, or out.

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a. 1240.  Ureisun, in Cott. Hom., 199. Nis hit ðe no wurðscipe þet þe deouel me to-drawe.

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13[?].  Cursor M., 28289 (Cott.). Þe gode vous … Broken ic haue or lang to-draun.

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a. 1400–50.  Alexander, 5364. Þis baratour … Fand caratros & candoile at knyfes to-drawen.

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1446.  Lydg., Two Nightingale Poems, i. 256. On euery syde to-togged and to-drawe.

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