Obs. [UP- 8, or f. UPTAKE v.]

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  1.  One who sustains or supports another; a helper.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter, iii. 3. Þou lord is myn vptakere. [Also xvi. 3, xli. 12, lviii. 10.]

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1388.  Wyclif, Ps. xlv. 8. God of Jacob is oure vptakere. [Also liii. 6, lxxxviii. 27.]

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  2.  Sc. One who collects or levies taxes, etc.

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1576.  Rec. Sheriff Crt. Aberdeen. (1904), 242. Uptaker of the multur and knaifschipe of the tounes and lands.

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1596.  Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.), II. 444. Faithful vptakeris of the lyueng and gathereris of the rentis.

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  3.  Sc. A leader of psalmody; a precentor.

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1620.  Extr. Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887), 153. Teacher of musik, and uptaker of the psalmes in the kirk. Ibid. (1662), 241. The offices of a readder in the kirk,… and uptaker of the psalmes.

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