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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken}
     (t[=a]k'n); 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: 
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        (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 an 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.
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                  This man was taken of the Jews.   --Acts xxiii.
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                  Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;
                  Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
                                                    --Pope.
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                  They that come abroad after these showers are
                  commonly taken with sickness.     --Bacon.
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                  There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle
                  And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.
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        (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to
            captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
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                  Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
                                                    --Prov. vi.
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                  Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,
                  that he had no patience.          --Wake.
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                  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.
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        (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to
            have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
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                  Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my
                  son. And Jonathan was taken.      --1 Sam. xiv.
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                  The violence of storming is the course which God
                  is forced to take for the destroying . . . of
                  sinners.                          --Hammond.
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        (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to
            require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat; it
            takes five hours to get to Boston from New York by
            car.
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                  This man always takes time . . . before he
                  passes his judgments.             --I. Watts.
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        (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to
            picture; as, to take a picture of a person.
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                  Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
                                                    --Dryden.
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        (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]
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                  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.
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        (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.
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        (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
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        (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand
            over; as, he took the book to the bindery; he took a
            dictionary with him.
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                  He took me certain gold, I wot it well.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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        (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,
            to take the breath from one; to take two from four.
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     2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to
        endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: 
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        (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to
            refuse or reject; to admit.
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                  Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
                  murderer.                         --Num. xxxv.
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                  Let not a widow be taken into the number under
                  threescore.                       --1 Tim. v.
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        (b) To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to
            partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
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        (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to
            clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
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        (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.
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        (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.
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                  You take me right.                --Bacon.
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                  Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing
                  else but the science love of God and our
                  neighbor.                         --Wake.
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                  [He] took that for virtue and affection which
                  was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.
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                  You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.
                                                    --Tate.
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        (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.
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                  I take thee at thy word.          --Rowe.
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                  Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .
                  Not take the mold.                --Dryden.
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     3. To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to
        take a group or a scene. [Colloq.]
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     4. To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he
        took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head. [Obs.
        exc. Slang or Dial.]
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     {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 take ground 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.]
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                  For now Troy's broad-wayed town
                  He shall take in.                 --Chapman.
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        (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 on}, to assume; to take upon one's self; as, to take
        on a character or responsibility.
  
     {To take one's own course}, to act one's pleasure; to pursue
        the measures of one's own choice.
  
     {To take order for}. See under {Order}.
  
     {To take order with}, to check; to hinder; to repress. [Obs.]
        --Bacon.
  
     {To take orders}.
        (a) To receive directions or commands.
        (b) (Eccl.) To enter some grade of the ministry. See
            {Order}, n., 10.
  
     {To take out}.
        (a) To remove from within a place; to separate; to deduct.
        (b) To draw out; to remove; to clear or cleanse from; as,
            to take out a stain or spot from cloth.
        (c) To produce for one's self; as, to take out a patent.
  
     {To take up}.
        (a) To lift; to raise. --Hood.
        (b) To buy or borrow; as, to take up goods to a large
            amount; to take up money at the bank.
        (c) To begin; as, to take up a lamentation. --Ezek. xix.
            1.
        (d) To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to
            replace; as, to take up raveled stitches; specifically
            (Surg.), to fasten with a ligature.
        (e) To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, to take
            up the time; to take up a great deal of room.
        (f) To take permanently. "Arnobius asserts that men of the
            finest parts . . . took up their rest in the Christian
            religion." --Addison.
        (g) To seize; to catch; to arrest; as, to take up a thief;
            to take up vagabonds.
        (h) To admit; to believe; to receive. [Obs.]
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                  The ancients took up experiments upon credit.
                                                    --Bacon.
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        (i) To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate.
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                  One of his relations took him up roundly.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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        (k) To begin where another left off; to keep up in
            continuous succession; to take up (a topic, an
            activity).
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                  Soon as the evening shades prevail,
                  The moon takes up the wondrous tale. --Addison.
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        (l) To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or
            manage; as, to take up the quarrels of our neighbors;
            to take up current opinions. "They take up our old
            trade of conquering." --Dryden.
        (m) To comprise; to include. "The noble poem of Palemon
            and Arcite . . . takes up seven years." --Dryden.
        (n) To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of
            assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor. --Ps.
            xxvii. 10.
        (o) To collect; to exact, as a tax; to levy; as, to take
            up a contribution. "Take up commodities upon our
            bills." --Shak.
        (p) To pay and receive; as, to take up a note at the bank.
        (q) (Mach.) To remove, as by an adjustment of parts; as,
            to take up lost motion, as in a bearing; also, to make
            tight, as by winding, or drawing; as, to take up slack
            thread in sewing.
        (r) To make up; to compose; to settle; as, to take up a
            quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak. -- (s) To accept from someone,
            as a wager or a challenge; as, J. took M. up on his
            challenge.
  
     {To take up arms}. Same as {To take arms}, above.
  
     {To take upon one's self}.
        (a) To assume; to undertake; as, he takes upon himself to
            assert that the fact is capable of proof.
        (b) To appropriate to one's self; to allow to be imputed
            to, or inflicted upon, one's self; as, to take upon
            one's self a punishment.
  
     {To take up the gauntlet}. See under {Gauntlet}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Took \Took\ (t[oo^]k),
     imp. of {Take}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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
       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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  took
       See {take}

















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