(a) To go, come, proceed, travel; also, issue (from sb.); ~ oute (up); ~ hennes, die; (b) to move; pass by; also, mill about; (c) refl. to betake oneself; draw oneself back, withdraw; (d) to go or come for a purpose: ~ after min soule, come for my soul; ~ from spoushed, flee matrimony; ~ (oute) ayenes, go to fight (sb.); ~ to his sword, go to get his sword; ~ to the kinges socour, go to the king's aid; (e) to stretch out, extend; (f) ~ ther-to, to come to that, happen.

(a) To draw near (to sb. or sth.), approach; also, draw closer emotionally (to a good ruler); (b) to be in pursuit, follow; also fig. [quot. c1400]; follow (a road); also, fig. pursue (a way of life); ben towen after, follow.

(a) To exert a tugging force; also, fig. ?argue forcefully, contend [last quot.]; ~ togeder, draw together; (b) to tug at (a book); pull up (ropes); also, remove (a legal right); pull forcibly (sb. or sth. from a place, body, etc.), wrest; ~ awei (up); ~ in twinne, separate (persons); (c) to appropriate (sth.), seize.

(a) To drag (sb. or sth. somewhere), tow, haul; draw (sth. from one place to another); also fig.; convey (sb. to someone else); also, carry (a club); ~ up; ~ in herte, fig. take (sb.) to one's heart, hold dear; (b) to induce the movement of (sb. somewhere), attract; fig. attract (sb. to Christ, heaven, sin, etc.), entice; bring (a land to destruction).

(a) To teach (sb.), train, educate; ppl. towen as adj., well trained; (b) ~ forth, to practice (wiles) [cp. forth-ten v. (b)].

To belong (to a group).