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Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.
t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]
1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the
hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or
possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to
convey. Hence, specifically:
(a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get
the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection
to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make
prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship;
also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack;
to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the
like.
This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii.
27.
Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;
Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
--Pope.
They that come abroad after these showers are
commonly taken with sickness. --Bacon.
There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle
And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.
(b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to
captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
--Prov. vi.
25.
Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,
that he had no patience. --Wake.
I know not why, but there was a something in
those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very
shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --
which took me more than all the outshining
loveliness of her companions. --Moore.
(c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to
have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my
son. And Jonathan was taken. --1 Sam. xiv.
42.
The violence of storming is the course which God
is forced to take for the destroying . . . of
sinners. --Hammond.
(d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to
require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.
This man always takes time . . . before he
passes his judgments. --I. Watts.
(e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to
picture; as, to take picture of a person.
Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
--Dryden.
(f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]
The firm belief of a future judgment is the most
forcible motive to a good life, because taken
from this consideration of the most lasting
happiness and misery. --Tillotson.
(g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit
to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to;
to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest,
revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a
resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a
following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as,
to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.
(h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
(i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand
over; as, he took the book to the bindery.
He took me certain gold, I wot it well.
--Chaucer.
(k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,
to take the breath from one; to take two from four.
2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to
endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:
(a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to
refuse or reject; to admit.
Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
murderer. --Num. xxxv.
31.
Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore. --1 Tim. v.
10.
(b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to
partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
(c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to
clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
(d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to;
to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will
take an affront from no man.
(e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to
dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought;
to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret;
to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as,
to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's
motive; to take men for spies.
You take me right. --Bacon.
Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing
else but the science love of God and our
neighbor. --Wake.
[He] took that for virtue and affection which
was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.
You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.
--Tate.
(f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept;
to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with;
-- used in general senses; as, to take a form or
shape.
I take thee at thy word. --Rowe.
Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .
Not take the mold. --Dryden.
{To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air},
etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc.
{To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.
{To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey.
{To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities.
{To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation
of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes
of bishops. ``By your own law, I take your life away.''
--Dryden.
{To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe
or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.
{To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be
solicitous. ``Doth God take care for oxen?'' --1 Cor. ix.
9.
{To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care
for; to superintend or oversee.
{To take down}.
(a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher,
place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower;
to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down
pride, or the proud. ``I never attempted to be
impudent yet, that I was not taken down.''
--Goldsmith.
(b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.
(c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a
house or a scaffold.
(d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's
words at the time he utters them.
{To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and
{Fire}.
{To take ground to the right} or {to the left} (Mil.), to
extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,
to the right or left.
{To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be
encouraged.
{To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. ``Take heed what
doom against yourself you give.'' --Dryden.
{To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy
ways.
{To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on.
{To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.
{To take in}.
(a) To inclose; to fence.
(b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.
(c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail
or furl; as, to take in sail.
(d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.
[Colloq.]
(e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in
water.
(f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]
For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take
in. --Chapman.
(g) To receive into the mind or understanding. ``Some
bright genius can take in a long train of
propositions.'' --I. Watts.
(h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or
newspaper; to take. [Eng.]
{To take in hand}. See under {Hand}.
{To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. ``Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.''
--Ex. xx. 7.
{To take issue}. See under {Issue}.
{To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2.
{To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it
regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.
{To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular
attention.
{To take notice of}. See under {Notice}.
{To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial
manner.
{To take off}.
(a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove
from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to
take off one's hat.
(b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.
(c) To destroy; as, to take off life.
(d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of
an argument.
(e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke.
(f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.
(g) To purchase; to take in trade. ``The Spaniards having
no commodities that we will take off.'' --Locke.
(h) To copy; to reproduce. ``Take off all their models in
wood.'' --Addison.
(i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate.
(k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars
than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
Took \Took\,
imp. of {Take}.
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take
n 1: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {proceeds},
{takings}, {yield}, {payoff}]
2: the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without
interruption
[also: {took}, {taken}]
take
v 1: carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
2: as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work
this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
[syn: {occupy}, {use up}]
3: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
the palace" [syn: {lead}, {direct}, {conduct}, {guide}]
4: get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!";
"Can you take this bag, please" [syn: {get hold of}]
5: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice
took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he
adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange
manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these
fables" [syn: {assume}, {acquire}, {adopt}, {take on}]
6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular
meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire";
"How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit
for this!" [syn: {read}]
7: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me
the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the
boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: {bring}, {convey}]
8: take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from
Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" [ant: {give}]
9: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position
demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls
for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not
postulates a patient's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask},
{postulate}, {need}, {require}, {involve}, {call for}, {demand}]
[ant: {obviate}]
10: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;
"Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for
your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among
the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: {choose}, {select},
{pick out}]
11: travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation,
or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She
takes Route 1 to Newark"
12: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl
who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't
have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
[syn: {accept}, {have}] [ant: {refuse}]
13: assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as
director of development" [syn: {fill}]
14: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the
case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: {consider},
{deal}, {look at}]
15: experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the
plunge"
16: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene";
"shoot a movie" [syn: {film}, {shoot}]
17: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking
off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a
threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes
from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This
machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: {remove},
{take away}, {withdraw}]
18: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl
of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
[syn: {consume}, {ingest}, {take in}, {have}] [ant: {abstain}]
19: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
[syn: {undergo}, {submit}]
20: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take
an opportunity" [syn: {accept}]
21: take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army
took the fort on the hill"
22: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She
took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the
orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree";
"strike a pose" [syn: {assume}, {strike}, {take up}]
23: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
admit a new member" [syn: {accept}, {admit}, {take on}]
24: ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a
reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken
of the earth's tremors"
25: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
bar exam" [syn: {learn}, {study}, {read}]
26: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard
work took its toll on her" [syn: {claim}, {exact}]
27: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took
to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: {make}]
28: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as
photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little
brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't
train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's
opponent" [syn: {aim}, {train}, {take aim}, {direct}]
29: be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be
taken drunk"
30: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes
an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun
when she goes into the mountains" [syn: {carry}, {pack}]
31: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall
we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: {lease}, {rent}, {hire},
{charter}, {engage}]
32: receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times
every day" [syn: {subscribe}, {subscribe to}]
33: buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
34: to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort;
"take shelter from the storm"
35: have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when
she was most vulnerable" [syn: {have}]
36: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole
idea" [syn: {claim}] [ant: {disclaim}]
37: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the
dye" [syn: {accept}]
38: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take
all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" [syn: {contain},
{hold}]
39: develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
40: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
[syn: {drive}]
41: obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
42: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He
got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a
chill" [syn: {contract}, {get}]
[also: {took}, {taken}]
took
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