Take

tāk, v.t. to lay hold of: to get into one's po e ion: to catch: to capture: to captivate: to receive: to choose: to use: to allow: to understand: to agree to: to become affected with.— v.i. to catch: to have the intended effect: to gain reception, to please: to move or direct the course of: to have recourse to:— pa.t. took; pa.p. tā′ken. — n. quantity of fish taken or captured at one time.— ns. Take′-in , an imposition, fraud: that by which one is deceived; Take′-off , a burlesque representation of any one; Tā′ker ; Tā′king , act of taking or gaining po e ion: a seizing: agitation, excitement: ( Spens. sickne : ( Shak. ) witchery: malignant influence.— adj. captivating: alluring.— adv. Tā′kingly .— n. Tā′kingne , quality of being taking or attractive.— adj. Tā′ky , attractive.— Take advantage of , to employ to advantage: to make use of circumstances to the prejudice of; Take after , to follow in resemblance; Take air , to be disclosed or made public; Take breath , to stop in order to breathe, to be refreshed; Take care , care of (see Care ); Take down , to reduce: to bring down from a higher place, to lower: to swallow: to pull down: to write down; Take for , to mistake; Take French leave (see French ); Take from , to derogate or detract from; Take heed , to be careful; Take heed to , to attend to with care; Take in , to enclose, to embrace: to receive: to contract, to furl, as a sail: to comprehend: to accept as true: to cheat: ( Shak. ) to conquer; Take in hand , to undertake; Take into one's head , to be seized with a sudden notion; Take in vain , to use with unbecoming levity or profanene ; Take in with , to deceive by means of; Take it out of , to extort reparation from: to exhaust the strength or energy of; Take leave (see Leave ); Taken in , deceived, cheated; Take notice , to observe: to show that observation is made: (with of ) to remark upon; Take off , to remove: to swallow: to mimic or imitate; Take on , to take upon: to claim a character: ( coll. ) to grieve; Take orders , to receive ordination; Take order with ( Bacon ), to check; Take out , to remove from within: to deduct: ( Shak. ) to copy; Take part , to share; Take place , to happen: to prevail; Take root , to strike out roots, to live and grow, as a plant: to be established; Take the field , to begin military operations; Take the wall of , to pa on the side nearest the wall: to get the advantage of; Take to , to apply to: to resort to: to be fond of; Take to heart , to feel sensibly; Take up , to lift, to raise: ( Shak. ) to borrow money, to buy on credit, to make up a quarrel: to employ, occupy or fill: to arrest: to comprise; Take up arms , to commence to fight; Take upon , to a ume; Take up with , to be pleased or contented with, to form a connection with, to fall in love with: to lodge; Take with , to be pleased with. [M. E. taken —Scand.; Ice. taka pa.t. tók , pa.p. tekinn ); conn. with L. tangĕre , tetig-i , to touch, and with Eng. tack .]