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fang verb1. Long chiefly dial.
[Old English fon, superseded in Middle English by forms deriving from fangen pa. pple. Cf. Old Frisian fa, Old Saxon, Old High German fahan, Old Norse fa, Gothic fahan rel. to Latin pangere fix. Cf. FANG noun1.]
verb trans. Capture, seize; catch (fish etc.); lay hold of, grasp. OE.
b. Get (at), obtain; get together, collect. LME-E17.
verb trans. Receive, accept. OE.
verb trans. Take (arms, counsel, leave, a name, one's way, etc.); undertake (battle). Also foll. by to (be): take (a person or thing) for (a purpose). OE-M16.
verb intrans. Seize, take hold on; take to, turn to; proceed to or against; set on, attack. OE.
verb trans. Set about, begin on; start to do. OE-ME.
verb trans. Promise, resolve, undertake. ME.
verb intrans. Take one's way, go; swerve from. LME-M16.