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ateon

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *uʀteuhan. By surface analysis, ā- +‎ tēon.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ātēon

  1. (transitive, literal or figurative) to draw, pull, or lead (somebody or something) out or away (from, out of, off, to something) (+ fram, ūt of, of, tō)
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon
      Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.
  2. to deal with
    1. to treat a person
    2. to employ property or talents
  3. (intransitive) to draw to somewhere; to go or come; to make a journey

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