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- English Word Take Definition In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.
- English Word Take Definition To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.
- English Word Take Definition To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
- English Word Take Definition Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
- English Word Take Definition 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.
- English Word Take Definition 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.
- English Word Take Definition 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.
- English Word Take Definition To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.
- English Word Take Definition To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
- English Word Take Definition To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.
- English Word Take Definition To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.
- English Word Take Definition That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.
- English Word Take Definition The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.
- English Word Take-in Definition Imposition; fraud.
- English Word Take-off Definition An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
- English Word Take-up Definition That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
- English Word Taken Definition p. p. of Take.
- English Word Takend Definition of Take
- English Word Taker Definition One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
- English Word Taking Definition Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
- English Word Taking Definition Malign influence; infection.
- English Word Taking Definition Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
- English Word Taking Definition The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
- English Word Taking Definition Infectious; contageous.
- English Word Taking Definition of Take
- English Word Taking-off Definition Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
- English Word Talapoin Definition A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.
- English Word Talaria Definition Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.
- English Word Talbot Definition A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
- English Word Talbotype Definition Same as Calotype.